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Kerr is 100% right. One mass shooting is too many, yet America continues to accept them as the price of their ‘freedom’.
I’m definitely not one to argue for more government intervention or control but our response to Port Arthur will go down as one of this country’s best political decisions.
I know there are many factors at play with the US and it’s mass shooting problem (their inherent individualist ‘don’t tread on me’ mindset is a big part of it). Columbine was also a catalyst and inspiration for sick, disenfranchised people to wreak havoc and unlike us, the US didn’t respond anywhere near strongly enough. That lack of response (at the time and since) combined with increased mental health issues and a healthcare system that doesn’t provide enough support, social media growth, break down of family units, political division etc, it has paved the way for the massive rise in school shootings since 1999.
But many of those factors above (aside from the US mindset) are present in countries across the world that don’t have shootings over and over.
The main difference is the sick people who are driven to kill are able to access guns way too easily and live out their dark fantasies in real life.
Kerr is 100% right. One mass shooting is too many, yet America continues to accept them as the price of their ‘freedom’.
I’m definitely not one to argue for more government intervention or control but our response to Port Arthur will go down as one of this country’s best political decisions.
I know there are many factors at play with the US and it’s mass shooting problem (their inherent individualist ‘don’t tread on me’ mindset is a big part of it). Columbine was also a catalyst and inspiration for sick, disenfranchised people to wreak havoc and unlike us, the US didn’t respond anywhere near strongly enough. That lack of response (at the time and since) combined with increased mental health issues and a healthcare system that doesn’t provide enough support, social media growth, break down of family units, political division etc, it has paved the way for the massive rise in school shootings since 1999.
But many of those factors above (aside from the US mindset) are present in countries across the world that don’t have shootings over and over.
The main difference is the sick people who are driven to kill are able to access guns way too easily and live out their dark fantasies in real life.
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