• ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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    13 days ago

    The Beaverton put together a nice, fill in the blank for mass shootings.

    https://www.thebeaverton.com/2015/10/mass-shooting-in-usa-kills/

    Edit: Added the Beaverton article

    __________, USA — Up to ___ people were killed and ____ more injured after a gunman opened fire at a ________.

    There were conflicting reports about casualties, but _______ from _______County Sheriff Department said the number is at __.

    “I heard a popping sound and screaming,” said _________, a _________ at the __________. “And that’s when we all got down. There was ______ everywhere.”

    The shooter’s motive was reported to be ________________.

    Citizens of _______ were ______ and ______ to hear that something like this could happen in their community.

    President _______ and Governor _______ had their _______ and _______ with the victims and their families.

    ____________________________________________________ gun control ___________________.

    The NRA released a statement stating it __________with the victims, but _________ Second Amendment rights and _______________.

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        13 days ago

        The Onion’s joke lacks the emotional punch of a fill in the blank sheet for mass shootings.

        A fill in the blank that was published 9 years ago. The joke has the emotional punch because of how common mass shooting have become and the pattern that follows the shootings.

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      Madlibs version, fill in the blanks with your own phrases and post:

      1. Place
      2. Number
      3. Number
      4. Place
      5. Noun
      6. Noun
      7. Name
      8. Verb
      9. Direction
      10. Noun
      11. Greivance
      12. Noun from #6
      13. Emotion
      14. Emotion
      15. Noun
      16. Noun
      17. Verb
      18. Verb