Colorado

Rocknrule

(5,697 posts) Sat Nov 28, 2015, 04:20 PM Nov 2015

Why is it ALWAYS Colorado?

First Columbine, then Aurora, and now Planned Parenthood, with God knows how many attempted mass shootings in between. Why is this seemingly the only state where tragedy strikes repeatedly like this? At least Virginia and Connecticut were one and done (so far). I am just so sick and tired of this. How many times are we going to be the epicenter of this nation's gun control debate? How many times are we going to ask in anguish, "Why?" How many times is this great state's heart going to be broken again and again and again by some heavily armed nutcase? Haven't we been through enough?

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Why is it ALWAYS Colorado? (Original Post) Rocknrule Nov 2015 OP

Here are the Colorado shootings. valerief Nov 2015 #1

I noticed that no other state has a Wikipedia list like that Rocknrule Nov 2015 #2

Wow, I hadn't looked. What is it about Colorado then? valerief Nov 2015 #3

whiteness is certainly a big part of it mwrguy Nov 2015 #6

It's not. enlightenment Nov 2015 #4

Odd there's no List of Shootings in Texas page in Wikipedia. valerief Nov 2015 #5

I suspect that the Texas Wikipedia page enlightenment Nov 2015 #9

Observation bias. SheilaT Nov 2015 #7

Which ones were in Arkansas and Georgia? Rocknrule Nov 2015 #8

School shootings several years ago. SheilaT Nov 2015 #11

I think it's curious that no other state has a wiki page like that Rocknrule Dec 2015 #12

The wiki page probably reflects SheilaT Dec 2015 #13

9 of the 42 worst mass shootings in the U.S. were in California: Liberty Belle Nov 2015 #10

valerief

(53,235 posts)

1. Here are the Colorado shootings.

Reply to Rocknrule (Original post)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 04:22 PM

Nov 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shootings_in_Colorado

High altitude or high and might attitude?

Rocknrule

(5,697 posts)

2. I noticed that no other state has a Wikipedia list like that

Reply to valerief (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 04:31 PM

Nov 2015

valerief

(53,235 posts)

3. Wow, I hadn't looked. What is it about Colorado then?

Reply to Rocknrule (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 04:34 PM

Nov 2015

Whiteness? Christianity? A certain level of economic comfort with no compassion for others not as well-heeled?

mwrguy

(3,245 posts)

6. whiteness is certainly a big part of it

Reply to valerief (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 05:10 PM

Nov 2015

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)

4. It's not.

Reply to Rocknrule (Original post)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 04:56 PM

Nov 2015

If you take a longer range view, you'll see that Colorado isn't even a front-runner. That, I believe, would be Texas.

Useful collection of statistics compiled by Stanford University, here: http://www.arcgis.com/apps/Compare/storytelling_compare/index.html?appid=54da28a37c934565892d3058dc1161cc

valerief

(53,235 posts)

5. Odd there's no List of Shootings in Texas page in Wikipedia.

Reply to enlightenment (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 04:59 PM

Nov 2015

Here's a USA Today mass murder slideshow. It shows the difference between FBI-listed mass shootings and USA Today-verified mass shootings.

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)

9. I suspect that the Texas Wikipedia page

Reply to valerief (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 08:00 PM

Nov 2015

is carefully edited.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

7. Observation bias.

Reply to Rocknrule (Original post)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 05:53 PM

Nov 2015

I can think of LOTS of mass shootings in lots of other states: Arkansas, Virginia, Georgia, California, Texas are just the first that come to immediate mind.

And so long as guns are readily available to one and all, so long as there is no effort whatsoever to remove guns, then these shootings will happen. It's just a part of the fabric of American life, nothing special. Something like 30 people die every single day from guns in this country, and then every so often some trigger-happy nut decides to shoot a whole bunch of people at once. Heck, this guy only nailed three people so he's obviously a loser in the mass-murder contest.

I'm not even going to put up the sarcasm thingy, because I'm not feeling remotely sarcastic here.

Rocknrule

(5,697 posts)

8. Which ones were in Arkansas and Georgia?

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #7)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 06:42 PM

Nov 2015

n/t

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

11. School shootings several years ago.

Reply to Rocknrule (Reply #8)

Sun Nov 29, 2015, 06:26 PM

Nov 2015

Again, I just listed states that came to mind, and made no effort to do an exhaustive search.

Just because Colorado has a wiki page devoted to its mass shootings, doesn't mean it's the only state to have them, or even the state with the most.

Rocknrule

(5,697 posts)

12. I think it's curious that no other state has a wiki page like that

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #11)

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 08:45 PM

Dec 2015

Even California or Texas, which have more mass shootings than we do, although probably not as many high-profile ones as us

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

13. The wiki page probably reflects

Reply to Rocknrule (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 11:28 PM

Dec 2015

that someone cared enough to create the page. No deeper meaning than that.

Liberty Belle

(9,603 posts)

10. 9 of the 42 worst mass shootings in the U.S. were in California:

Reply to Rocknrule (Original post)

Sun Nov 29, 2015, 12:11 AM

Nov 2015

http://timelines.latimes.com/deadliest-shooting-rampages/

Two are in San Diego county and ironically two other deadly school shootings here that once ranked among the worst in the nation have been eclipsed by even worse tragedies and are no longer on this list.

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