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Mass Shootings.....
Will someone please remind me which amendment allows a person with a diagnosed mental health problem to legally purchase seven firearms??
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Don't know, but they got the wording wrong, it should read, "Every citizen has the right to be shot by a crazed gun carrying fool."
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It seems that so many children are disproportionately exercising their right to this weird ruling...
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If all these shootings ARE REAL (And not red herrings) it is very sad..........
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Red Herrings? Like Sandy hook, Uvalde etc???
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According to World Population Review:
Average (Mean) Annual Death Rate per Million People from Mass Public Shootings (U.S., Canada, and Europe, 2009-2015): Norway — 1.888 Serbia — 0.381 France — 0.347 Macedonia — 0.337 Albania — 0.206 Slovakia — 0.185 Switzerland — 0.142 Finland — 0.132 Belgium — 0.128 Czech Republic — 0.123 United States — 0.089 Austria — 0.068 Netherlands — 0.051 Canada — 0.032 England — 0.027 Germany — 0.023 Russia — 0.012 Italy — 0.009 In addition, a 2018 CRPC study ranked the U.S. at number sixty-four in the world in terms of mass shooting rates per capita. Sadly, this has nothing to do with "amendments". Seems to me media would have people believe these horrors are exclusive to the USA. Whether by bombs in Ukraine or a gun in Nashville murder is monstrous and terrifying. This world has some problems. |
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I was not trying to emphasize the states in any way. We have had too many of our own horrors right here in NZ.. |
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Any killings are tragic, but using doubtful statistics to say, "Ours are not as bad", is completely misleading.
see https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un...ath-shootings/ Quote:
Last edited by Ned Seagoon; April 2nd, 2023 at 01:18 AM. |
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I honestly didn't think this is a "we're better than you" thing. Mass shootings - or any shootings - are heinous wherever they occur.
That list I posted was simply the first I grabbed from an interweb search. I really don't understand why all these killings - in churches, schools, theatres....hell, on the plains of Africa - are occurring with such regularity. I got no answers. |
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I have only owned one weapon in my life a .22 Winchester (7 shot?) I was a great shot. If I had gone nuts and decided to end some small lives I am fairly sure that my kill rate would have been really low. However I still don't understand how a person (anywhere) with mental health problems can legally acquire seven deadly weapons. :? |
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The above is taken from the Snopes post I linked above, the significant point I see, is the consistency of the shootings of good decent people in the USA. Surely gun ownership and the ease of purchase must be a factor. A significant factor. I understand that second amendment to the constitution of the US made in 1791. The US was a wild place then with little law and order, gun fights were the way scores were settled. But we're living in the 21st century now, with the US putting itself in the position of 'Policeman to the World' and yet this situation exists at home. Cannot the good people of the US see that a further amendment to repeal the second amendment is called for in this day and age. You did it with prohibition, why not with guns? I'm not trying to put anyone from the USA down, or tell you how to deal with your domestic situation, I only wish to help. I have some good friends there, but I would like to see this consistent killing and resultant fear that results, solved. It's in your hands folks. Best wishes for a better future. Last edited by Ned Seagoon; April 2nd, 2023 at 08:21 AM. |
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School shootings in the USA...
Thurston High School Columbine High School Heritage High School Deming Middle School Fort Gibson Middle School Buell Elementary School Lake Worth Middle School University of Arkansas Junipero Serra High School Santana High School Bishop Neumann High School Pacific Lutheran University Granite Hills High School Lew Wallace High School Martin Luther King, Jr High School Appalachian School of Law Washington High School Conception Abbey Benjamin Tasker Middle School University of Arizona Lincoln High School John McDonogh High School Red Lion Area Junior High School Case Western Reserve University Rocori High School Ballou High School Randallstown High School Bowen High School Red Lake Senior High School Harlan Community Academy High School Campbell County High School Milwee Middle School Roseburg High School Pine Middle School Essex Elementary School Duquesne University Platte Canyon High School Weston High School West Nickel Mines School Joplin Memorial Middle School Henry Foss High School Compton Centennial High School Virginia Tech Success Tech Academy Miami Carol City Senior High School Hamilton High School Louisiana Technical College Mitchell High School EO Green Junior High School Northern Illinois University Lakota Middle School Knoxville Central High School Willoughby South High School Henry Ford High School University of Central Arkansas Dillard High School Dunbar High School Hampton University Harvard College Larose-Cut Off Middle School International Studies Academy Skyline College Discovery Middle School University of Alabama DeKalb School Deer Creek Middle School Ohio State University Mumford High School University of Texas Kelly Elementary School Marinette High School Aurora Central High School Millard South High School Martinsville West Middle School Worthing High School Millard South High School Highlands Intermediate School Cape Fear High School Chardon High School Episcopal School of Jacksonville Oikos University Hamilton High School Perry Hall School Normal Community High School University of South Alabama Banner Academy South University of Southern California Sandy Hook Elementary School Apostolic Revival Center Christian School Taft Union High School Osborn High School Stevens Institute of Business and Arts Hazard Community and Technical College Chicago State University Lone Star College-North Cesar Chavez High School Price Middle School University of Central Florida New River Community College Grambling State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School Ronald E McNair Discovery Academy North Panola High School Carver High School Agape Christian Academy Sparks Middle School North Carolina A&T State University Stephenson High School Brashear High School West Orange High School Arapahoe High School Edison High School Liberty Technology Magnet High School Hillhouse High School Berrendo Middle School Purdue University South Carolina State University Los Angeles Valley College Charles F Brush High School University of Southern California Georgia Regents University Academy of Knowledge Preschool Benjamin Banneker High School D H Conley High School East English Village Preparatory Academy Paine College Georgia Gwinnett College John F Kennedy High School Seattle Pacific University Reynolds High School Indiana State University Albemarle High School Fern Creek Traditional High School Langston Hughes High School Marysville Pilchuck High School Florida State University Miami Carol City High School Rogers State University Rosemary Anderson High School Wisconsin Lutheran High School Frederick High School Tenaya Middle School Bethune-Cookman University Pershing Elementary School Wayne Community College JB Martin Middle School Southwestern Classical Academy Savannah State University Harrisburg High School Umpqua Community College Northern Arizona University Texas Southern University Tennessee State University Winston-Salem State University Mojave High School Lawrence Central High School Franklin High School Muskegon Heights High School Independence High School Madison High School Antigo High School University of California-Los Angeles Jeremiah Burke High School Alpine High School Townville Elementary School Vigor High School Linden McKinley STEM Academy June Jordan High School for Equity Union Middle School Mueller Park Junior High School West Liberty-Salem High School University of Washington King City High School North Park Elementary School North Lake College Freeman High School Mattoon High School Rancho Tehama Elementary School Aztec High School Wake Forest University Italy High School NET Charter High School Marshall County High School Sal Castro Middle School Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Great Mills High School Central Michigan University Huffman High School Frederick Douglass High School Forest High School Highland High School Dixon High School Santa Fe High School Noblesville West Middle School University of North Carolina Charlotte STEM School Highlands Ranch Edgewood High School Palm Beach Central High School Providence Career & Technical Academy Fairley High School (school bus) Canyon Springs High School Dennis Intermediate School Florida International University Central Elementary School Cascade Middle School Davidson High School Prairie View A & M University Altascocita High School Central Academy of Excellence Cleveland High School Robert E Lee High School Cheyenne South High School Grambling State University Blountsville Elementary School Holmes County, Mississippi (school bus) Prescott High School College of the Mainland Wynbrooke Elementary School UNC Charlotte Riverview Florida (school bus) Second Chance High School Carman-Ainsworth High School Williwaw Elementary School Monroe Clark Middle School Central Catholic High School Jeanette High School Eastern Hills High School DeAnza High School Ridgway High School Reginald F Lewis High School Saugus High School Pleasantville High School Waukesha South High School Oshkosh High School Catholic Academy of New Haven Bellaire High School North Crowley High School McAuliffe Elementary School South Oak Cliff High School Texas A&M University-Commerce Sonora High School Western Illinois University Oxford High School Robb Elementary School Covenant Christian School |
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Far out!!!
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