How long did it take for someone in the government to say "it's not the time to talk about gun control"
konnichiwa said:
after generations of parents wishing their sons/daughters would not join the military but instead go to Uni/college because it is so much more safe we have now crossed a path where it potentially becomes more safe to join the military then going to study. |
But none of these lately have been at a university.
| Mar1217 said: The fact that this kind of event is becoming normalized by a portion of Americans is the most shocking thing. Letting hundreds of people die just to conserve the right to get guns in the most easiest way possible is probably one of the most selfish act you could partake in. Regulations need to be applicated (And no, I'm not talking about outright banning guns ...) |
The only thing that's becoming "normalized" is young males deciding that it's OK for them to take whatever issues they have in their personal life and use it as an excuse take their violent thoughts / fantasies out on others. Since Columbine in 1999, there have been dozens of copycat style mass shootings at schools / universities, and similar shootings in public venues like the Aurora CO movie theater, all perpetrated by young men (mostly white, middle class I might add) in their teens or 20s.
Despite all the hysteria, the violent crime rate in the US, especially the murder rate, has gone down significantly from what it was just a mere 20-30 years ago. Just take NY the most populous city for example... annual murders peaked in 1990 at a whopping 2,245 in the city alone, and by 2017 that number has dropped nearly 90% to just 290, the lowest number of murders recorded in NYC in the post-WWII era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City#Murders_by_year
Guns alone aren't the issue here. They've been part of the fabric of American society for centuries now. The real issue is what the hell is going on inside the minds of our youth today. You didn't see high schoolers shooting up their schools back in the 50s and 60s or going to movie theaters dressed up like John Wayne or Clint Eastwood during the "spaghetti Western" days and opening fire on the audience back in the day. But take a look at the overall list of recorded school shootings in the US below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States
Note how the incident rate goes from merely a handful a decade up to the late 70s/early 80s, to steadily becoming more frequent during the 80s and 90s, and then rapidly increasing in the 00's and '10s in a post-Columbine world. Mass shootings on the scale of Columbine, Newtown and Parkland are still rare, but it's how these attacks were planned ahead of time and carried out that are really disturbing, and this trend seems like it will continue until we can drill into the heads of our young men that it's not OK to go on a murder spree just because you have mommy / daddy issues or can't get a date to the prom.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
School Shooting No.2768. Nothing to see here, carry on.
| NightDragon83 said: So it turns out that despite earlier reports, the shooter did not use the media's favorite murder weapon - the dreaded high capacity, high velocity, fully semi-automatic, big scary looking weapon of war AR-15 style "assault rifle". Instead, he just used a revolver pistol and a sawed-off shotgun (which is already illegal in the US btw) that he stole from his dad to carry out all that carnage. Oh, and he also made improvised explosives like pipe bombs and pressure cookers that he had planned to set off (or just failed to do so). Slim pickings for the media and gun control lobby this time around... this'll probably be forgotten about by Monday. |
"a sawed-off shotgun (which is already illegal in the US btw)"
no way man you're joking... you mean to tell me that people can get weapons illegally?
you're turning my world upside down man
| Mar1217 said: The fact that this kind of event is becoming normalized by a portion of Americans is the most shocking thing. Letting hundreds of people die just to conserve the right to get guns in the most easiest way possible is probably one of the most selfish act you could partake in. Regulations need to be applicated (And no, I'm not talking about outright banning guns ...) |
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/33-dead-130-injured-china-knife-wielding-spree-n41966
well shit... guess we need to ban knives now too
knife attacks are pretty common in china btw, just last month they had this happen
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/world/asia/china-attack-school-knife.html
o_O.Q said:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/33-dead-130-injured-china-knife-wielding-spree-n41966
well shit... guess we need to ban knives now too knife attacks are pretty common in china btw, just last month they had this happen https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/world/asia/china-attack-school-knife.html |
They are literally trying to ban knives in the UK
Maxosaurus-rex said:
They are literally trying to ban knives in the UK |
i don't believe you
o_O.Q said:
i don't believe you |
https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives
https://www.snopes.com/news/2015/06/22/save-a-life-surrender-your-knife/
http://www.liveoutdoors.com/news/229925-great-britain-launches-anti-knife-campaign/
Last edited by Maxosaurus-rex - on 19 May 2018
o_O.Q said:
i don't believe you |
https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/united-kingdom-man-arrested-potato-peeler/
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