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Reporting about it in media causes more of them actually so yea. They should stop reporting on them.

Our states are as big as countries so they really should be considered separately. Just because Texas had one doesn't mean a child in California is suddenly in more danger. But actually reporting on it in news media does increase the likelihood because it puts the idea into a shooter's head.

To put it another way the school district I grew up in has never had a mass shooting. Is a child in that school district actually a 0.7% risk? Statistics can be skewed in any direction.



Reporting about it in media causes more of them actually so yea.

There isn't good evidence to support this claim, though it's popular with people who have never thought about such issues before.





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