# In the aftermath of a mass gun crime ....

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**Created:** [July 30, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-aftermath-of-a-mass-gun-crime/629898 "2012-07-30T22:17:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-aftermath-of-a-mass-gun-crime/629898/1 "2012-07-30T22:17:19Z")

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From the [washingtonpost.com](http://washingtonpost.com), I think " … in the aftermath of a mass gun crime, the same ritual: national shock and anger, traumatized communities asking how this could happen … "

I’m thinking that perhaps many of the how and why questions are rhetorical or a purgament, a communal expression of complete and utter frustration and helplessness.

If one really wants to study these things, like a college student might want to study something may I suggest renting [Netflix: 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance](http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/71-Fragments-of-a-Chronology-of-Chance/70048495?trkid=190393&fcld=true). This is not for everyone. It is hard to follow - but real quality if one can follow it.

Many may not like it.