You may remember reading about the Boston Massacre, when British troops fired on a colonial mob protesting British tax policies. Five Bostonians were killed and the “massacre” became a rallying cry for advocates of independence.
On Friday the New York Times reported on a shooting spree in Bakersfield, California. A gunman killed five people before turning his gun on himself. Six dead. It made page 15.
Six is no big deal in mass shootings. You have to do much better than that to make the front page. I’m guessing at least 25 to 30. This is America in 2018.
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