Thread: New York Shooting

Originally Posted by GavinGill

By mass shooting, I meant a shooting that resulted in the injury of multiple people. Probably not the best choice of words, but I couldn't for the life of my think of another way to phrase it at the time. i so solly :[

Right. I guess my point is that this isn't really in the same category of events as the "Dark Knight" shooting, and the shooting at the Sikh temple is more in the realm of hate crimes - possibly linked to some wayward Islamophobia (obviously I can tell the difference, some people just happen to be quite stupid though). This was a 1 on 1 thing - if the police had been luckier with their shots, there would only be one casualty to talk about.

Side note: unless I'm mistaken, "casualty" refers to both dead and wounded for a given event.