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The Texas elementary mass shooting was the 212th mass shooting in the U.S. this year involving four or more victims, injured or dead, and the 27th shooting at a U.S. school. It came 10 days after the racist mass killing of 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.

I'm gobsmacked!

[npr.org]

“This kid in Texas could just walk into a store and buy assault weapons, and he wasn’t required to get a license,” says McDevitt, a professor of the practice in criminology and criminal justice as well as director of the Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern. “We in Massachusetts have demonstrated—as well as in New York, Hawaii and other states—that requiring a gun license provides a whole lot of things, including a background check so that you know that the person is someone who should be able to get a gun.”

Good! This sheds a positive light on gun control in America. And I believe that the demand for gun reform is growing.

Keep working on it, guys, and stay safe.

[news.northeastern.edu]

Ryo1 8 May 27
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Timeline of gun control in the US - see below link.

Ryo1 Level 8 May 27, 2022

[thoughtco.com]

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Agreed, it is a start, albeit a small start. The cynic within me tells that it will do little to ameliorate the corruption that is endemic to Congress on this matter.

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No, that was the fourth mass shooting so far in 2022, a far cry from the 212 figure that propaganda sources keep pushing, because they conflate every instance of a shooting with a mass shooting when they are two different statistics. They also get school shootings and mass school shootings confused too.-
[graphics.reuters.com]?

[statista.com]?

As for gun reform, there are already numerous laws on the books meant to curb violence via firearm, and none of those laws have been effective to date because criminals have no regards for the law. More of the same won't help any, and especially nowadays with the right tools anyone could 3D print firearms and not even have to bother at all with the legal system.

So why doesn't Europe have a similar problem?

@Petter Mass shooting incidents are not unique to the US, and if it appears there are many such incidents occuring here keep in mind the US unlike most other countries respects the right of its citizens to own weapons similar to what their Government possesses, so it would be reasonable to conclude that with a high number of firearms present there's bound to be accidents or murders.

Getting back to my original point, if one took the time to research this stuff one would find that the worst incidents of mass shootings occured in south Asia Europe and Africa, and not the US. Mainstream media outlets in the US have a vested interest in constantly pushing mass shooting incidents in the public's face, because nothing in this world sells good quite like the human emotion of fear, and fear helps to stir up propaganda which in turn is used to push personal agendas, which is what the gun control machine in the US is, a personal agenda.

The November 2015 attacks in Paris France were truly insidious, and funny thing is France is far more strict with their gun ownership laws than the US is, yet France's pitiful laws did not protect them from crazed shooters. Again, while the US does see the highest number of children involved shooting incidents, the US' gun laws are unique to most other countries and per capita the US has the highest number of guns, so knowing that such incidents should be expected. The US also has a high number of cases of clinical depression and anxiety, along with high numbers of drug and alcohol addiction, and high incarceration level. All of which factor into why alot of these shootings are happening. America doesn't have a gun problem per se, but rather a problem with depression and out of control anger and addictions, which are leading too many people to a dead end in life. If those issues go unchanged, then nothing will improve where mass shootings are concerned, and criminals will continue ignoring the laws as they've been doing for some time now.

[worldatlas.com]

[twitchy.com]

So this is "propaganda"?

[gunviolencearchive.org]

This is a detailed as sourced database of gun violence that has been classified as a "mass shooting event", defined as 4 or more victims (either killed or injured). They include details of each incident, as well as the source of their information. Is it a perfect list? I'm not 100% sure, but each one that I've checks has been verified as accurate.

As of 5/25/22, 214 independent incidents. 243 total killed, 926 total injuries. That makes 1169 total victims.

'No, that was the fourth mass shooting so far in 2022.'
So, that's all right, then, is it?
The last mass-shooting in the UK was in 2010. The tough gun laws are working in the UK's favour.

While the Texas school shooter was under drinking age, he was allowed to buy assault rifles and 375 rounds of ammunition. Don't you have any problem with that?

According to the article you cited:
'Past polls have shown a majority of Americans in both parties have a desire for more gun control, and new legislation may be on the way - the House of Representatives approved a pair of gun control bills in March that could make background checks more effective.' (As of 2019)

If you are saying that you don't support tougher gun control regarding licensing, registration of firearms and background check with the aim of bringing down the number of mass-shootings, I would like to know what your reasons are.

@SpikeTalon
'...the US has the highest number of guns, so knowing that such incidents should be expected. The US also has a high number of cases of clinical depression and anxiety, along with high numbers of drug and alcohol addiction, and high incarceration level. All of which factor into why alot of these shootings are happening.'

So, if firearms like assault rifles are not readily available over the counter, because of stricter gun control, that would prevent mentally unstable people from buying guns and going on shooting sprees, would it not?

Ummm.. ok.. I’m sure the statistics and logic you use to minimize these events is of great comfort to the families of the other 208 “nonmass shootings” this year.

@SpikeTalon The incidents in France were due to muslim terrorists, which is a far cry from the shooting incidents in the USA.
There are far fewer "unsponsored" incidents anywhere in Europe.

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