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More than once a week not quite once a day.

Rather than trying to diminish something that's completely preventable and abhorrent maybe we could discuss ways to actually prevent it. Because this isn't a problem anywhere else so clearly it's preventable.

If AI can be part of a solution here this is a reasonable place to discuss it.

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Nobody said we shouldn't try to solve the problem. But the first step is accurately describing the problem to be solved. Something that occurs once a year across the entire country has very different solutions than something which occurs once a week in every county.

More than once a week is regularly. Doesn't matter how wide the geographical area is - ANY school in the USA might be next, so they ALL have to take precautions.

The problem is already well defined as regular school shootings. I don’t think redescribing the problem helps anyone apart from the NRA.

Yeah, sadly we already know the solution, ban or heavily restrict guns.

Every place with more guns has more shootings. It is so simple it seems almost tautological. Yet somehow this very simple fact is controversial.

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