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This weekend's mass shootings come as the country mourns the victims of its deadliest mass shooting this year. Days earlier, 18 people were killed in a shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

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[–] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Between Friday and Sunday, 12 mass shootings took place,

that's gotta be a fucking record, right?

[–] Snorf@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago

I don't think i want to know.

[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After some quick googling I think fourth of July weekend 2021 might be the record holder.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shootings-gun-violence-180-people-killed-4th-july-weekend/

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Mass shootings got the "covid bump" -- people making up for lost time shooting each other bc they had to quarantine etc