3 children dead in private Christian elementary school shooting in TN

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know when the next mass shooting is? MAGA!

I think they happen so regularly so that it’s never a good time to talk about gun control

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know when the next mass shooting is? MAGA!

I think they happen so regularly so that it’s never a good time to talk about gun control

+1 It's about "mental health" and those doggone "criminals." It has NOTHING to do with easy access to assault weapons. Nothing at all!!!

MAGA! NRA! GOP!

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Anonymous wrote:Did the shooter get the guns legally and pass a background check? Perhaps the trans may have been a concern because of mental illness and unfit to purchase a gun

1. By definition, any mass shooter is mentally ill.

2. The APA no longer considers trans identity as a mental disorder.

Part of the background check should look into mental health, perhaps a question about transitioning

Let's keep it simple. BAN assault weapons. Then move on to severely regulating the rest of these killing tools.

That won't work.

Assault weapons are just scary looking rifles.

Also sniper rifles are the same as hunting rifles.

It's a start. Chip away a little at a time. There's no other way.

Agree. Assault weapons ban is low hanging fruit since it was in place for 10 years and the world did not come to end. Life goes on just find without assault weapons polluting our country.

Manufacturers just designed around the ban during those years. Just as manufacturers designed around California's current ban. The compliant rifles remain just as deadly as any other rifle.



I don't care if one is pro gun or anti gun, it’s just stupid legislation that doesn't solve the problem one way or the other.

So, Madame Gun Genius, only the US, unique among developed nations, has this problem. I guess it’s something inherent in us as a people that we’re all just uncontrollably violent. No way we can solve this with any laws. Nope. We just have to keep destroying families because we’re us.

I agree with your statement. Yes there is something unique about the USA and it's not access to firearms.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country

The other countries with high gun possession rates don't have the school shooting issues that we do. Countries that are literal warzone don't have that issue, lawless narco states don't have that issue. Countries that mandated each house have a firearm never had that issue.

So what makes Americans shoot up schools? It has to be something beyond merely availability.

IT. IS. MENTAL. HEALTH!!!!

America is in a mass mental health crisis.

The pandemic lockdowns and social media amplified mental health problems, and now we are seeing the effects.

And the violence and carnage we are seeing wouldn’t be possible without access to guns. no matter how mentally ill someone is, they wouldn’t be able to perpetrate an attack like this without guns.

Ever hear of the mass knifing attacks in Asia?

Happens in Japanese schools and Chinese schools particularly against young kids. There was even one a few years back were 31 people were killed and 130 injured in a rail station. You absolutely can have an attack on this level without guns, it happens many times each year around the world.

Then you have all the people who get run over on purpose. Like at a Christmas parade last year where 6 were killed and 62 injured. Half of all terror incidents are conducted this way per the below paper.

https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000964

If someone is nuts and wants to kill mass numbers of people there are lots of ways to do it which do not require firearms.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the shooter get the guns legally and pass a background check? Perhaps the trans may have been a concern because of mental illness and unfit to purchase a gun

1. By definition, any mass shooter is mentally ill.

2. The APA no longer considers trans identity as a mental disorder.

Part of the background check should look into mental health, perhaps a question about transitioning

Let's keep it simple. BAN assault weapons. Then move on to severely regulating the rest of these killing tools.

That won't work.

Assault weapons are just scary looking rifles.

Also sniper rifles are the same as hunting rifles.

That's so cute. No they explode and pulverize the little children they are fired upon. All the others just kill them dead. Do you have children?

The shooter could have done exactly the same thing with any other rifle, shotgun, or handgun. There is no feature on that rifle that increased lethality against unarmed students and staff.

To be clear, handgun bullets do not have the same effect on the body and are far easier to survive than rifle bullets.

-Healthcare worker.

Shooter was armed with a Keltec rifle that is chambered in 9mm.

Point stands.

Agree. It was a gun shooting out handgun bullets. Point stands.

No it doesn't. The same bullet shot from a handgun makes a drillhole in the body, but from a rifle, creates an inches wide tunnel, decimates tissue, much more widespread damage. 9-mm from handgun vs rifle produces completely different results in a body. Even gun nuts that are so happy to tell people that "an AR-15 is just a scarier looking regular rifle, dummy!" apparently don't know the difference, I guess?

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Anonymous wrote:Did the shooter get the guns legally and pass a background check? Perhaps the trans may have been a concern because of mental illness and unfit to purchase a gun

1. By definition, any mass shooter is mentally ill.

2. The APA no longer considers trans identity as a mental disorder.

Part of the background check should look into mental health, perhaps a question about transitioning

Let's keep it simple. BAN assault weapons. Then move on to severely regulating the rest of these killing tools.

That won't work.

Assault weapons are just scary looking rifles.

Also sniper rifles are the same as hunting rifles.

It's a start. Chip away a little at a time. There's no other way.

Agree. Assault weapons ban is low hanging fruit since it was in place for 10 years and the world did not come to end. Life goes on just find without assault weapons polluting our country.

Manufacturers just designed around the ban during those years. Just as manufacturers designed around California's current ban. The compliant rifles remain just as deadly as any other rifle.



I don't care if one is pro gun or anti gun, it’s just stupid legislation that doesn't solve the problem one way or the other.

So, Madame Gun Genius, only the US, unique among developed nations, has this problem. I guess it’s something inherent in us as a people that we’re all just uncontrollably violent. No way we can solve this with any laws. Nope. We just have to keep destroying families because we’re us.

I agree with your statement. Yes there is something unique about the USA and it's not access to firearms.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country

The other countries with high gun possession rates don't have the school shooting issues that we do. Countries that are literal warzone don't have that issue, lawless narco states don't have that issue. Countries that mandated each house have a firearm never had that issue.

So what makes Americans shoot up schools? It has to be something beyond merely availability.

IT. IS. MENTAL. HEALTH!!!!

America is in a mass mental health crisis.

The pandemic lockdowns and social media amplified mental health problems, and now we are seeing the effects.

And the violence and carnage we are seeing wouldn’t be possible without access to guns. no matter how mentally ill someone is, they wouldn’t be able to perpetrate an attack like this without guns.

Ever hear of the mass knifing attacks in Asia?

Happens in Japanese schools and Chinese schools particularly against young kids. There was even one a few years back were 31 people were killed and 130 injured in a rail station. You absolutely can have an attack on this level without guns, it happens many times each year around the world.

Then you have all the people who get run over on purpose. Like at a Christmas parade last year where 6 were killed and 62 injured. Half of all terror incidents are conducted this way per the below paper.

https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000964

If someone is nuts and wants to kill mass numbers of people there are lots of ways to do it which do not require firearms.

Well then by all means, lets make sure they have access to the easiest and most lethal method to do that then.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the shooter get the guns legally and pass a background check? Perhaps the trans may have been a concern because of mental illness and unfit to purchase a gun

1. By definition, any mass shooter is mentally ill.

2. The APA no longer considers trans identity as a mental disorder.

Part of the background check should look into mental health, perhaps a question about transitioning

Let's keep it simple. BAN assault weapons. Then move on to severely regulating the rest of these killing tools.

That won't work.

Assault weapons are just scary looking rifles.

Also sniper rifles are the same as hunting rifles.

It's a start. Chip away a little at a time. There's no other way.

Agree. Assault weapons ban is low hanging fruit since it was in place for 10 years and the world did not come to end. Life goes on just find without assault weapons polluting our country.

Manufacturers just designed around the ban during those years. Just as manufacturers designed around California's current ban. The compliant rifles remain just as deadly as any other rifle.



I don't care if one is pro gun or anti gun, it’s just stupid legislation that doesn't solve the problem one way or the other.

So, Madame Gun Genius, only the US, unique among developed nations, has this problem. I guess it’s something inherent in us as a people that we’re all just uncontrollably violent. No way we can solve this with any laws. Nope. We just have to keep destroying families because we’re us.

I agree with your statement. Yes there is something unique about the USA and it's not access to firearms.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country

The other countries with high gun possession rates don't have the school shooting issues that we do. Countries that are literal warzone don't have that issue, lawless narco states don't have that issue. Countries that mandated each house have a firearm never had that issue.

So what makes Americans shoot up schools? It has to be something beyond merely availability.

IT. IS. MENTAL. HEALTH!!!!

America is in a mass mental health crisis.

The pandemic lockdowns and social media amplified mental health problems, and now we are seeing the effects.

And the violence and carnage we are seeing wouldn’t be possible without access to guns. no matter how mentally ill someone is, they wouldn’t be able to perpetrate an attack like this without guns.

Ever hear of the mass knifing attacks in Asia?

Happens in Japanese schools and Chinese schools particularly against young kids. There was even one a few years back were 31 people were killed and 130 injured in a rail station. You absolutely can have an attack on this level without guns, it happens many times each year around the world.

Then you have all the people who get run over on purpose. Like at a Christmas parade last year where 6 were killed and 62 injured. Half of all terror incidents are conducted this way per the below paper.

https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000964

If someone is nuts and wants to kill mass numbers of people there are lots of ways to do it which do not require firearms.

Same tired argument. 1) From a healthcare worker, people survive knife wounds better than rifle wounds 2) people survive handgun wounds better than rifle wounds ((even from the same bullet as used in a handgun), 3) Gun control won't stop all criminals, but it certainly can and will statistically reduce it and make it much more difficult to kill. It's already very clear that mass shootings are less likely in US states with more restrictive gun laws and that is research based (not anecdote based, which is NOT research)

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Anonymous wrote:Did the shooter get the guns legally and pass a background check? Perhaps the trans may have been a concern because of mental illness and unfit to purchase a gun

1. By definition, any mass shooter is mentally ill.

2. The APA no longer considers trans identity as a mental disorder.

Part of the background check should look into mental health, perhaps a question about transitioning

Let's keep it simple. BAN assault weapons. Then move on to severely regulating the rest of these killing tools.

That won't work.

Assault weapons are just scary looking rifles.

Also sniper rifles are the same as hunting rifles.

It's a start. Chip away a little at a time. There's no other way.

Agree. Assault weapons ban is low hanging fruit since it was in place for 10 years and the world did not come to end. Life goes on just find without assault weapons polluting our country.

Manufacturers just designed around the ban during those years. Just as manufacturers designed around California's current ban. The compliant rifles remain just as deadly as any other rifle.



I don't care if one is pro gun or anti gun, it’s just stupid legislation that doesn't solve the problem one way or the other.

So, Madame Gun Genius, only the US, unique among developed nations, has this problem. I guess it’s something inherent in us as a people that we’re all just uncontrollably violent. No way we can solve this with any laws. Nope. We just have to keep destroying families because we’re us.

I agree with your statement. Yes there is something unique about the USA and it's not access to firearms.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country

The other countries with high gun possession rates don't have the school shooting issues that we do. Countries that are literal warzone don't have that issue, lawless narco states don't have that issue. Countries that mandated each house have a firearm never had that issue.

So what makes Americans shoot up schools? It has to be something beyond merely availability.

IT. IS. MENTAL. HEALTH!!!!

America is in a mass mental health crisis.

The pandemic lockdowns and social media amplified mental health problems, and now we are seeing the effects.

And the violence and carnage we are seeing wouldn’t be possible without access to guns. no matter how mentally ill someone is, they wouldn’t be able to perpetrate an attack like this without guns.

Ever hear of the mass knifing attacks in Asia?

Happens in Japanese schools and Chinese schools particularly against young kids. There was even one a few years back were 31 people were killed and 130 injured in a rail station. You absolutely can have an attack on this level without guns, it happens many times each year around the world.

Then you have all the people who get run over on purpose. Like at a Christmas parade last year where 6 were killed and 62 injured. Half of all terror incidents are conducted this way per the below paper.

https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000964

If someone is nuts and wants to kill mass numbers of people there are lots of ways to do it which do not require firearms.

How many kids would the Nashville shooter have killed if she had used a knife instead of an assault rifle?

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GOP = Gaslight, Obstruct, Project

Every single one of you NRA suporters has children's blood on your hands.

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PP here- Its relevant because its a possible (likely) motive for the shooting. A conservative school that likely didn't support this student in the way they thought they should be supported. In a state that is make life hell for trans people. It’s as relevant as any other motive, why bury it? I'm guessing you don't have an issue around reporting when a white supremicist shoots up a Black church? It’s just seems like disingenuious reporting by a serious new outlet.

why do you think the school was conservative? It is presbytarian...

Someone posted earlier that the school is PCA, not PCUSA. That’s the more conservative flavor of Presbyterian.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/tell-difference-presbyterian-denominations/?amp

Thank you for posting that. I've been very confused about it since I thought Presbyterians were just less formal Episcopalians. Didn't realize that there's an entire world of offshoot flavors.

Covenant school is a feeder school for Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA), also PCA associated. governor lees kids graduated from CPA. The same governor who is banning trans healthcare for minors, etc. really surprised this connection hasn’t been talked about. Any yes, the covenant families are likely republicans who support Lee and rep ogles.

Well this is interesting. Curious why nobody on the news mentioned this yet.

The shooter was probably (and rightly) feeling directly targeted by the anti-trans agenda being pushed by the Governor, the church and its network, and other Tennessee officials.

Then she should’ve gone after the politicians themselves not children and teachers and custodians. This shooter is just another hateful, horrible murderous coward, just like every other mass shooter.

Or...they viewed themselves as an avenging hero standing up for other trans people. This school, this sect, was pushing this agenda, and the shooter had personal experience with it. Murder is never justified, particularly that of innocent children, but let’s just say if there was hate there, it may have been earned.

Avenging heroes don't kill kids!

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Anonymous wrote:Did the shooter get the guns legally and pass a background check? Perhaps the trans may have been a concern because of mental illness and unfit to purchase a gun

1. By definition, any mass shooter is mentally ill.

2. The APA no longer considers trans identity as a mental disorder.

Part of the background check should look into mental health, perhaps a question about transitioning

Let's keep it simple. BAN assault weapons. Then move on to severely regulating the rest of these killing tools.

That won't work.

Assault weapons are just scary looking rifles.

Also sniper rifles are the same as hunting rifles.

That's so cute. No they explode and pulverize the little children they are fired upon. All the others just kill them dead. Do you have children?

The shooter could have done exactly the same thing with any other rifle, shotgun, or handgun. There is no feature on that rifle that increased lethality against unarmed students and staff.

To be clear, handgun bullets do not have the same effect on the body and are far easier to survive than rifle bullets.

-Healthcare worker.

Shooter was armed with a Keltec rifle that is chambered in 9mm.

Point stands.

Agree. It was a gun shooting out handgun bullets. Point stands.

No it doesn't. The same bullet shot from a handgun makes a drillhole in the body, but from a rifle, creates an inches wide tunnel, decimates tissue, much more widespread damage. 9-mm from handgun vs rifle produces completely different results in a body. Even gun nuts that are so happy to tell people that "an AR-15 is just a scarier looking regular rifle, dummy!" apparently don't know the difference, I guess?

You are missing the point.

The features of an assault weapon do not make a difference at close range. An assault weapon does not have to be chambered in 5.56. It can be chambered in 9mm, such as the Keltec rifle this person wielded.

A flash hider does not increase leathality at close range. A pistol grip does not increase leathality at short range. A bayonet lug does not increase leathality at close range unless you have a bayonet mounted (and arguably makes it worse should you put a bayonet on the firearm and shoot with it). A grenade launcher doesn't make it more leathal at short range. A properly sized fixed vs sliding stock does not make it more leathal at short range. The magazine size can be just as large as a pistol.

At long ranges,sure rifles shine.

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PP here- Its relevant because its a possible (likely) motive for the shooting. A conservative school that likely didn't support this student in the way they thought they should be supported. In a state that is make life hell for trans people. It’s as relevant as any other motive, why bury it? I'm guessing you don't have an issue around reporting when a white supremicist shoots up a Black church? It’s just seems like disingenuious reporting by a serious new outlet.

why do you think the school was conservative? It is presbytarian...

Someone posted earlier that the school is PCA, not PCUSA. That’s the more conservative flavor of Presbyterian.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/tell-difference-presbyterian-denominations/?amp

Thank you for posting that. I've been very confused about it since I thought Presbyterians were just less formal Episcopalians. Didn't realize that there's an entire world of offshoot flavors.

Covenant school is a feeder school for Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA), also PCA associated. governor lees kids graduated from CPA. The same governor who is banning trans healthcare for minors, etc. really surprised this connection hasn’t been talked about. Any yes, the covenant families are likely republicans who support Lee and rep ogles.

Well this is interesting. Curious why nobody on the news mentioned this yet.

Because that is speculation at best. If it comes out in the manifesto that this was a reason it will be talked about.

Not sure why conservative lunkheads aren’t more nervous. Lots of queer people are mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore. I won’t be surprised if they fight back like this more going forward. It’s not like queer people are meek.

Stop. The LGBTQ community has many valid reasons to be angry, but most are not violent. I don’t have a single queer friend who has any desire to kill children who had nothing to do with historical discrimination. There is no reason to think this will become widespread going forward.

Most are not, but they probably should be encouraged to be.

Look at you inciting violence. You are a cancer to a civilized society.

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Why are Rs so defeatist in their attitude about gun violence.

"We're not gonna fix it".. "it's too hard".

I mean why bother with a border wall since it's not going to fix illegal immigration. But, gun violence.. nah.. too hard to fix, so home school your kids and buy yourself an arsenal to protect your home. Oh, and don't leave the house because crazy F*ers with easy access to guns shoot up churches, movies theaters and malls, too.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tennessee-republican-responds-school-shooting-160312320.html

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Anonymous wrote:Did the shooter get the guns legally and pass a background check? Perhaps the trans may have been a concern because of mental illness and unfit to purchase a gun

1. By definition, any mass shooter is mentally ill.

2. The APA no longer considers trans identity as a mental disorder.

Part of the background check should look into mental health, perhaps a question about transitioning

Let's keep it simple. BAN assault weapons. Then move on to severely regulating the rest of these killing tools.

That won't work.

Assault weapons are just scary looking rifles.

Also sniper rifles are the same as hunting rifles.

It's a start. Chip away a little at a time. There's no other way.

Agree. Assault weapons ban is low hanging fruit since it was in place for 10 years and the world did not come to end. Life goes on just find without assault weapons polluting our country.

Manufacturers just designed around the ban during those years. Just as manufacturers designed around California's current ban. The compliant rifles remain just as deadly as any other rifle.



I don't care if one is pro gun or anti gun, it’s just stupid legislation that doesn't solve the problem one way or the other.

So, Madame Gun Genius, only the US, unique among developed nations, has this problem. I guess it’s something inherent in us as a people that we’re all just uncontrollably violent. No way we can solve this with any laws. Nope. We just have to keep destroying families because we’re us.

I agree with your statement. Yes there is something unique about the USA and it's not access to firearms.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country

The other countries with high gun possession rates don't have the school shooting issues that we do. Countries that are literal warzone don't have that issue, lawless narco states don't have that issue. Countries that mandated each house have a firearm never had that issue.

So what makes Americans shoot up schools? It has to be something beyond merely availability.

IT. IS. MENTAL. HEALTH!!!!

America is in a mass mental health crisis.

The pandemic lockdowns and social media amplified mental health problems, and now we are seeing the effects.

And the violence and carnage we are seeing wouldn’t be possible without access to guns. no matter how mentally ill someone is, they wouldn’t be able to perpetrate an attack like this without guns.

Ever hear of the mass knifing attacks in Asia?

Happens in Japanese schools and Chinese schools particularly against young kids. There was even one a few years back were 31 people were killed and 130 injured in a rail station. You absolutely can have an attack on this level without guns, it happens many times each year around the world.

Then you have all the people who get run over on purpose. Like at a Christmas parade last year where 6 were killed and 62 injured. Half of all terror incidents are conducted this way per the below paper.

https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000964

If someone is nuts and wants to kill mass numbers of people there are lots of ways to do it which do not require firearms.

How many kids would the Nashville shooter have killed if she had used a knife instead of an assault rifle?

If we go by deaths in incidents in China, at least as many as were killed in this incident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_attacks_in_China

You can do tremendous damage with a knife. A bunch of quick puncture wounds will cause someone to bleed out quickly (5 min or less) particuraly if they sever a major blood vessel.

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PP here- Its relevant because its a possible (likely) motive for the shooting. A conservative school that likely didn't support this student in the way they thought they should be supported. In a state that is make life hell for trans people. It’s as relevant as any other motive, why bury it? I'm guessing you don't have an issue around reporting when a white supremicist shoots up a Black church? It’s just seems like disingenuious reporting by a serious new outlet.

why do you think the school was conservative? It is presbytarian...

Someone posted earlier that the school is PCA, not PCUSA. That’s the more conservative flavor of Presbyterian.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/tell-difference-presbyterian-denominations/?amp

Thank you for posting that. I've been very confused about it since I thought Presbyterians were just less formal Episcopalians. Didn't realize that there's an entire world of offshoot flavors.

Covenant school is a feeder school for Christ Presbyterian Academy (CPA), also PCA associated. governor lees kids graduated from CPA. The same governor who is banning trans healthcare for minors, etc. really surprised this connection hasn’t been talked about. Any yes, the covenant families are likely republicans who support Lee and rep ogles.

Well this is interesting. Curious why nobody on the news mentioned this yet.

The shooter was probably (and rightly) feeling directly targeted by the anti-trans agenda being pushed by the Governor, the church and its network, and other Tennessee officials.

Then she should’ve gone after the politicians themselves not children and teachers and custodians. This shooter is just another hateful, horrible murderous coward, just like every other mass shooter.

Or...they viewed themselves as an avenging hero standing up for other trans people. This school, this sect, was pushing this agenda, and the shooter had personal experience with it. Murder is never justified, particularly that of innocent children, but let’s just say if there was hate there, it may have been earned.

So you are saying that every “transgender” person needs to be treated like a potential mass shooter then, as either the mental condition or drugs they are on can make them homicidal.

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Anonymous wrote:Did the shooter get the guns legally and pass a background check? Perhaps the trans may have been a concern because of mental illness and unfit to purchase a gun

1. By definition, any mass shooter is mentally ill.

2. The APA no longer considers trans identity as a mental disorder.

Part of the background check should look into mental health, perhaps a question about transitioning

Let's keep it simple. BAN assault weapons. Then move on to severely regulating the rest of these killing tools.

That won't work.

Assault weapons are just scary looking rifles.

Also sniper rifles are the same as hunting rifles.

It's a start. Chip away a little at a time. There's no other way.

Agree. Assault weapons ban is low hanging fruit since it was in place for 10 years and the world did not come to end. Life goes on just find without assault weapons polluting our country.

Manufacturers just designed around the ban during those years. Just as manufacturers designed around California's current ban. The compliant rifles remain just as deadly as any other rifle.



I don't care if one is pro gun or anti gun, it’s just stupid legislation that doesn't solve the problem one way or the other.

So, Madame Gun Genius, only the US, unique among developed nations, has this problem. I guess it’s something inherent in us as a people that we’re all just uncontrollably violent. No way we can solve this with any laws. Nope. We just have to keep destroying families because we’re us.

I agree with your statement. Yes there is something unique about the USA and it's not access to firearms.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country

The other countries with high gun possession rates don't have the school shooting issues that we do. Countries that are literal warzone don't have that issue, lawless narco states don't have that issue. Countries that mandated each house have a firearm never had that issue.

So what makes Americans shoot up schools? It has to be something beyond merely availability.

IT. IS. MENTAL. HEALTH!!!!

America is in a mass mental health crisis.

The pandemic lockdowns and social media amplified mental health problems, and now we are seeing the effects.

And the violence and carnage we are seeing wouldn’t be possible without access to guns. no matter how mentally ill someone is, they wouldn’t be able to perpetrate an attack like this without guns.

Ever hear of the mass knifing attacks in Asia?

Happens in Japanese schools and Chinese schools particularly against young kids. There was even one a few years back were 31 people were killed and 130 injured in a rail station. You absolutely can have an attack on this level without guns, it happens many times each year around the world.

Then you have all the people who get run over on purpose. Like at a Christmas parade last year where 6 were killed and 62 injured. Half of all terror incidents are conducted this way per the below paper.

https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000964

If someone is nuts and wants to kill mass numbers of people there are lots of ways to do it which do not require firearms.

Europe has had a lot of mass-truck attacks.

Europe also experiences far more bombings than we do here in the USA. In particular

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grenade_attacks_in_Sweden