Some argue the debate needs to move away from political abstraction to the victims concretely. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON – Another mass shooting, but this time something is different: Exceedingly graphic images of bloodied and disfigured victims, among them at least one child, circulated widely on social media.carnage at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas,
But some advocates of stronger gun-control measures argue that the hundreds of mass shootings in the US each year justify sharing the bloody scenes left behind, particularly when high-powered, high capacity military-style weapons are involved.Many stress, however, that consent of the victims’ families is essential.
One child lays on her back with an apparent gunshot wound to her head. Another image shows a young woman on her back, some of her clothing peeled back, with a bloodied face.A military-style weapon lies close by, and what appear to be high-capacity ammunition clips are wrapped around his waist. Part of his hesitation, he said, is consent from families but also a conviction about treating death with dignity.
Mr David Boardman, dean of Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia, advocates publishing such images given the scale of mass shootings.
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