Another day, another mass shooting. WTF is wrong with people????
Another school shooting at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, killed 2 fifteen year-olds and wounded eighteen more. The shooter, whose identity is not being released, was apprehended shortly after the gunfire. The melee occurred around 8 A.M. at the start of the school day as students were congregating in a common area before […]
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This post was unfortunately spot on. A former leader here had donned a bullet-proof vest to put his case, as to why automatic weapons needed to be banned. Who knows how many lives his courage saved. The sad thing is, we all know we will be having these discussions again either next week or the week after.
As a Brit, I just can’t understand the obsession of so many Americans with ‘the right to bear arms’, even after so many shootings. We get along just fine here without everyone needing a gun. It semms it’s self-perpetuatuing. My neighbour has a gun, so I must have one just in case he goes crazy and decides to shoot me. Then my neighbour needs one, too etc.
We manage to run hunting and shooting parties without the whole population needing the right to bear arms. And why would anyone need automatic weapons. It just beats me.
our entertainment media teaches gun love, gun adrenaline, gun fixation to younger and younger kids: we aren’t allowed to bring this truth up either
Thanks for the comment. It’s a fear thing here in the U.S. with guns. Many people were convinced that president Obama was coming for their guns! It’s bat shit crazy for sure.
In Europe, Japan, Australia, China, Russia etcetera mass shootings are rare simply because people can’t easily buy and own guns. It’s as simple as that.
Too bad the United States can’t seem to get on board with that idea.