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Originally Posted by Island57
Wow. What kind of white supremacy sources news media do you get your info from? Scary and stupid.
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I am not sure you actually read the links.
In any case, it is in fact true that the US does not lead the world in mass shootings. the exact place we hold in the list depends on how you arrange the numbers (per capital, numbers killed, etc.) but in almost any way you analyze the data there are in fact much more dangerous places in the world. But, also, on a per capita basis (which is how it is often reported) countries with small populations will tend to be higher in the list with fewer shootings. It also depends on what you call a "mass shooting" - how many people killed by how many people, and why.
All that being said, I don't see it as significant. tell the families and children of the dead at any of the shootings here that they are safer here than they would be somewhere else, I expect you will receive a fairly incredulous glare in return.
We in fact have a problem. The problem is getting worse. We need to find a solution that we all can live with. We the people.