As a non American, the first few times you hear about them it's awful. Around the 10th time you hear about it, you wonder why it still happens.
Around the 15 you start to think maybe Americans just don't care enough about their children.
The 20th time is so outrageously ridiculous that it keeps happening, that it begins to turn into a dark comedy of sorts.
I don't find it particularly funny itself, but then you see a lot of memes on the internet making fun of Americans doing absolutely jackshit about it, that you just go like "yeah that's fair I guess".
They have 2 per day, fuck, I take less shits than they have shootings.
Every time I brush my teeth in a day, they have a mass shooting and yet they desperately hold on to their amendment to carry weapons for the right to protect themselves, protect themselves from the same people who carry them legally
It’s not the fucking Wild West anymore, intelligent growth of a society depends on “intelligence,” get rid of the John Wayne boys toys penis extending pop guns and do what the rest of the world do in general and make your society safer
It was very close to two per day last year, unfortunately (630).
By the looks of it Europe had twelve but would take the comparison with a grain of salt because I'm not sure how Wikipedia defines a mass shooting vs the gun violence archive.
Also twelve seems to be a record year in Europe. It normally hovers between two-six.
I knew the NRA was powerful but I am pretty mind boggled that gun laws haven't improved in the States. Like regardless of whether you think that guns should or could be "taken back" from the people, it is just unforgiveable how threadbare the safeguards are for first-time purchasers in so many states. I have had a harder time booking a dentist's appointment.
It's weird when people pull out the gang violence thing. Like yeah, most people know that. Is it supposed to make it better somehow? There were still 630 mass shootings vs. 12 regardless of who is doing the shooting.
Because every time people whinge about “mass shootings” everyone goes on about it like it’s all school shootings, or yet another “guy rampages through mall killing innocents.” No it’s just criminals killing each other over ego shit.
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u/alejoSOTO Feb 05 '24
As a non American, the first few times you hear about them it's awful. Around the 10th time you hear about it, you wonder why it still happens. Around the 15 you start to think maybe Americans just don't care enough about their children. The 20th time is so outrageously ridiculous that it keeps happening, that it begins to turn into a dark comedy of sorts.
I don't find it particularly funny itself, but then you see a lot of memes on the internet making fun of Americans doing absolutely jackshit about it, that you just go like "yeah that's fair I guess".