Why doesn't the US do something about mass shootings?

Giz said:
Unfortunately, a bit of an exaggeration.



Even more unfortunately, not an exaggeration at all.
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Well it's nice to see that someone actually took the time to read and try to understand what I am saying and pointed out exactly the same point I was trying to make.

So what does that tell ya! ;):D
 
Dipayan said:
While some people feel that this has been a derail from the OP topic, I tend to disagree. I think the last couple of pages and the perspective that Truethat provides gives us a glimpse into why the gun crime situation is not going to get solved any time soon.

A lot of Americans are fed a patriotic diet from birth, that the US is exceptionally different from other countries in a good way. That the freedoms, opportunities, lifestyle etc. are unique to US. When a lot of the citizens don't travel much out of the country and see the world for what it is, they come to believe what they are told at every turn.

As such, when discussing gun crime they tend to turn to American Exceptionalism. Arguments such as 'You need to make sacrifices to maintain the level of freedom the US has', 'Our gun crime problem is completely unique since we are a unique nation', 'Our growth is dependent on our freedoms. Take away one freedom and then where do we go from there?' ad nauseum. As long as citizens of the US remain firm on their belief that the US is singularly unique, I'm not sure how much can change.
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The U.S. is unique in a particularly ugly way.

No nation loves violence as entertainment as much as the U.S. does, and no nation fears sex as much as the U.S. does.

Anatomically correct graphic depictions of violence are A.O.K., One partially bare breast at the Superbowl was a national tragedy.
 
BStrong said:
The U.S. is unique in a particularly ugly way.

No nation loves violence as entertainment as much as the U.S. does, and no nation fears sex as much as the U.S. does.

Anatomically correct graphic depictions of violence are A.O.K., One partially bare breast at the Superbowl was a national tragedy.
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More of our lovely cognitive dissonance! :thumbsup::D
 
BStrong said:
The U.S. is unique in a particularly ugly way.

No nation loves violence as entertainment as much as the U.S. does, and no nation fears sex as much as the U.S. does.

Anatomically correct graphic depictions of violence are A.O.K., One partially bare breast at the Superbowl was a national tragedy.
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I don't think that is quite true, I think you have to narrow it a tad: it is the type of violence and how it is portrayed as not just entertainment but also culturally that is really the only "exceptionalism" of the USA that is part of the issue of the number of deaths and injuries by guns and why the USA has problems even deciding if there is a gun problem.
 
Some stores raised the gun buying age to 21, up from 18. Now a guy in Oregon is suing because of that...


Oregon man, 20, sues Dick's, Walmart over new gun sale policies

The Oregonian said:
A 20-year-old southern Oregon man filed suit Monday against Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart after he says both national retailers refused to sell him a rifle in recent days.

Tyler Watson's lawsuit could be the first of its kind in the U.S., according to his attorney, Max Whittington. Whittington knows of no others.

Watson claims he encountered age discrimination when he tried to buy a .22-caliber Ruger rifle on Feb. 24 in Medford at Field & Stream, which is owned by Dick's Sporting Goods.

That was four days before the retailer announced that it wouldn't sell guns to anyone under 21 in the wake of a 19-year-old gunman's rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida that killed 17 people on Feb. 14....

Oregon law allows residents to buy shotguns or rifles starting at age 18. Watson’s lawsuit says that Dick’s and Walmart’s policies violate Oregon statutes protecting residents against discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation or age, among other things. The law specifically says that the state can ban the sale of alcohol or marijuana to minors but doesn't mention guns.

Federal law bans firearms retailers from selling handguns, but not rifles or shotguns, to anyone under 21...
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http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-n...f/2018/03/oregon_man_20_sues_big_retaile.html
 
Because as a nation we don't care enough to do anything about it. Not even close. Now back to the other mass shooting thread.
 
In this news report an 8-year old girl says she was prepared for a shooting because this was here second and she is "always expecting it happen".

Link

 
started this thread, but didn't dredge it up.

Purely out of peronal interest. To the US posters. Have the number of mass shootings gone down at all in the 5 years since I did?

Kind of gave up looking at them.
 
Relentless liberal media fear-mongering about mass-shootings are an attempt to distract the populace from the real dangers of CRT.
 
William Parcher said:
Bump...

For a discussion on gun control and other means for stopping mass shootings.
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arthwollipot said:
So did you have something to add? Or was this just necromancy of a three-year-old thread for the sake of it?
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Posts in two different threads about wanting gun control discussion. Discusses absolutely nothing about gun control.
 
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