Three separate, unrelated shootings erupted within an hour in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on Sunday night, leaving one person dead and several hurt, according to authorities.
The first shooting was reported at 7:50 p.m. when two people started firing guns near the Best Western Hotel, Jacksonville Beach police said on Monday.
One bystander was injured and both suspects were injured, police said.
Probably is.
But how does that make it any better?
Because it’s gang members who chose a life of crime dying instead of innocent people…
It’s really weird as a non-American, seeing Americans think kids dying is nothing to worry about — as long as the kids are 16+ and involved in crime. Not every American does, but a worryingly large amount do.
I hope you realise most of that crime would be non-existent with proper social security.
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That’s not what I said at all
I asked “how is one person dying better than another”?
By answering, you are more or less directly saying a ganganger’s life isn’t worth as much, because they “chose” to be involved in a life of crime.
That shows that you think some people are worth more than others. Why?
It also shows very little understanding towards the type of people who often are involved in crime, without having much of a say in it.
Please, watch the video.
Is a Hitler’s life worth less than a kindergarten teacher who has sent hundreds of children off into successful and happy lives through a loving education?
You’re now admitting to exactly what I said in my first comment. You don’t care about the crime and the violence, because the kids dying are over 16 and in gangs.
You use that as your justification for accepting it, and then you judge all gun crime to be gang crime.
A very convenient way to not address the fact that the US is the only developed country in the world where the leading cause of death for children is firearm injuries.
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Did you watch the video?
Are you a bot?
As I said before, this exact attitude is what confounds me.
You simply don’t care about the massive amount of kids dying from firearm injuries. At least you dont seem to, going out of your way to justify it. “It’s just gang crime.” As if kids dying in gang shootouts don’t have parents left to mourn them. As if they don’t matter.
Why?
It’s as if you were robbed of the ability to see a thing in the world. Or given an ability to ignore whatever makes you uncomfortable. The latter makes more sense.
I know you don’t want to admit to valuing people’s differently, because you know that’s wrong. However, you were very comfortable in implying it, using the excuse of “they have it coming, they chose a life of crime, and thus their lives are worth less.”
You just can’t say any of that out loud.
I wish Insider and Forbes was paying me to share their stories. No such luck. They’re (the Insider stories, not Forbes magazine) just really good, and help to increase understanding of things some people would never be directly exposed to otherwise.