The other mass shooting that happened (Yesterday) in the United States

Washington Post ^ | 12/02/2015 | By Danielle Paquette

[Responsibility2nd]

ACTUAL TITLE FROM YESTERDAY... The other mass shooting that happened today in the United States

The rampage that claimed at least 14 lives in San Bernardino, Calif., isn't today's first mass shooting. Here's news you probably missed: A gunman in Savannah, Ga., shot four people early Wednesday, killing a woman and injuring three men.

Police haven’t arrested a suspect, said Eunicia Baker, spokesperson for the Savannah Chatham Police Department. They also haven’t released the names of the victims. The local media barely acknowledged the murder: One local television station covered it in three paragraphs.

And the world spun on.

~SNIP~

After the Colorado Springs shootings, President Obama declared that this type of violence must not "become normal." But as my colleague Chris Ingraham points out, the data show that mass shootings are already normal. There have been more mass shootings than calendar days  this year.

News reports collected by a Reddit community show there have been 355 mass shootings in 2015. The Mass Shooting Tracker, as its called, differs from other shooting databases in that it uses a broader definition than the FBI's old four-fatality rule: If bullets strike four people in the same attack, that's a mass shooting.

[Responsibility2nd]

"And the world spun on."

[Paladin2]

Five very short sentences.

[kaehurowing]

#StopBlackViolence

#ArmAmerica

[Paladin2]

Midnight Violins Instruction could help.

[JimRed]

The local media barely acknowledged the murder: One local television station covered it in three paragraphs.

Just a guess: black on black crime; nothing to see here, move along.

And since when is four a MASS?

[kaehurowing]

Midnight Violins Instruction could help.

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[Steve_Seattle]

The subtext of this article seems to be: "The only reason the San Bernardino attack got so much publicity is that there might have been a Muslim connection. But, America, this GA attack - along with many others - proves that we don't have a Muslim problem, but rather a gun problem."

Or something like that.

[smokingfrog]

The Savannah shooting sounds like a gang hit. Not something the average person who is not a drug dealer would need to worry about.

[hal ogen]

How many of these so-called “mass shootings” are druggies or gang-related? How do these numbers compare with the number of people killed by cars? Ban cars!

[Paladin2]

Thanks for the link. I haven’t seen the clip in a while, but the meme is seared into my memory....

[apocalypto]

Quite a few.

[skr]

Seems more like an evil person problem.

[rktman]

They were hoping for the Christian white guy conservative NRA republican extreme right wing militia connection. I mean who else dresses in “assault clothing”(?) and wields semi auto “assault style” weapons spray firing into a Christmas party? Maybe guys in camo who watch Duck Dynasty?

[Parley Baer]

Sounds like an average day in Chicago.

[Conan the Librarian]

http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2015-12-02/savannah-chatham-police-investigating-wednesday-morning-shooting-four-victims#

It’s becoming WAY to common in Savannah. Probably Gang related, even though the outgoing mayor says that there isn’t a gang problem in Savannah.

This is one of the reasons we moved out of the city into the suburbs.

[Vermont Lt]

If they were drug related or gang related, the press will ignore them.

[Vermont Lt]

I think it’s anything over two.

[Vermont Lt]

Just looked it up. It’s defined as four killings without a cooling off period. I guess if you stop and go to another place and start shooting it’s something else. If you do it one at a time, over a period you are a serial killer.