It's simply not true.. I've read it a dozen times in the past 36 hours and several USMB members have tried to correct this assertion.. So here's a partial list of MOSTLY "gun free" European/Australian Mass shootings since 2000 and a couple from Canada.. Does not include Russia --- where their gun violence is equal or worse than outs. I have links to ALL of them -- and here's 3 links to start..
Emsdetten school shooting - Wikipedia
Alphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shooting - Wikipedia
2011 Liège attack - Wikipedia
Europe:
French railroad worker goes on rampage: kills 4, wounds 10.
Mentally ill alcoholic Swiss man shoots up canton parliament in Zug, killing 14 and wounding 18.
Italian man angry over eviction starts shooting at random into the street, killing four and wounding 8.
Mentally ill French man opens fire on the city council of Nanterre, killing 9 including himself and wounding 19.
Mentally ill Serbian man opens fire on the street in Jabukovac after a fight with his wife (and after jumping down a well and being rescued), killing 9 and wounding 4.
Bosnian man kills his neighbors and then boards a bus in Lipnica, killing 6 total.
A woman in Loerrach, Germany, kills her husband during a custody dispute then goes on a shooting and stabbing spree in a hospital, killing 3 and wounding 18.
A recently graduated German student returns to his high school in Albertville, Germany and opened fire, ultimately killing 16 and wounding 9.
A Slovakian man opens fire in Bratislava, killing 9 and wounding 8.
A British taxi driver kills 12 and wounds 11 in Cumbria.
A Serbian man goes on a shooting spree in the village of Velika Ivanca, killing 14.
A Czech man opens fire in a restaurant, killing 9.
A Slovakian man opens fire in an apartment complex, killing 8 and wounding 15.
A Belgian man opens fire (and throws grenades) at the town square in Liege, killing 7 and wounding 125.
On the same day, a right-wing Italian extremist shoots up a Senegalese marketplace in Florence, killing 3 and wounding 3.
A mentally ill Dutch firearms enthusiast opens fire on a shopping mall, killing 7 and wounding 17.
An Islamist in Frankfurt opens fire at US military personnel transferring in the airport, killing 2 and wounding 2.
A recent graduate returns to his high school in Emsdetten, Germany, and opens fire, wounding 22.
A student expelled from high school in Erfurt, Germany, returns to the school and opens fire, killing 17.
An Islamic extremist opens fire at an "art, freedom, and blasphemy" festival in Copenhagen, killing 3 and wounding 5.
An 18 year old Finn opens fire in Hyvinkaa, killing 2 and wounding 8.
A Finnish high school student goes to his school and opens fire, killing 9 and wounding 13.
A Finnish college student shoots up his campus, killing 11 and wounding 11.
A Finnish man kills his girlfriend after alleging her infidelity, then randomly shoots up a shopping mall, killing an additional 4 people and himself (for 6 total).
A still-unknown man shoots and kills 4 at a rest stop in Annecy, France (this may well have been a hit, with 3 of the people just in the wrong place at the wrong time).
A backpacker shoots up a traveller camp in Roye, France, killing 4 and wounding 4.
A gunman opens fire in Istres, France, killing 3.
A possibly Islamist Algerian (or possibly nationalist, or possibly just crazy) open fire targeting French military personnel and gensd'armes in Toulouse and then Montauban, killing 8 and wounding 5.
Irish Republican paramilitaries in "The Real IRA" open fire on a barracks in Antrim Town, killing 2 and wounding 4 in a (thankfully unsuccessful) attempt to derail the peace process.
A Swedish right-wing extremist shoots dark-skinned people in Malmo over the course of several months (comparisons were made to the "Beltway Sniper" MO).
A disgruntled British bouncer and tree surgeon kills 2 and wounds 2 in a shooting spree in Northumbria.
A Norwegian white supremacist shoots 67 children at a political camp after killing 8 with a bomb in Oslo.
An Italian security guard goes on a rampage in Turin, killing 8 including himself.
Canada:
A mentally ill New Brunswicker shoots police in Moncton, killing 3 and wounding 2.
A Quebecois convert to Islam opens fire on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, killing 2 and wounding 3.
A man with a history of domestic violence shoots and killed 8 members of his family and then himself in Edmonton.
An Indo-Canadian college student goes to his college in Montreal and opens fire, killing 2 and wounding 19.
Australia:
A mentally ill college student opens fire on his campus, killing 2 and wounding 5.
A mentally ill man shoots his neighbors, whom he suspected of poisoning his dog, and barricaded himself in his house until arrested after a siege: in total 3 died and 3 were injured.
Islamist extremists hold hostages in Sydney; in all 3 are killed and 4 are injured.
AHHHH Merry Olde Gun Free England in 2010...
Cumbria shootings - Wikipedia
I could go on.. But it sickens me.
Emsdetten school shooting - Wikipedia
Alphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shooting - Wikipedia
2011 Liège attack - Wikipedia
Europe:
French railroad worker goes on rampage: kills 4, wounds 10.
Mentally ill alcoholic Swiss man shoots up canton parliament in Zug, killing 14 and wounding 18.
Italian man angry over eviction starts shooting at random into the street, killing four and wounding 8.
Mentally ill French man opens fire on the city council of Nanterre, killing 9 including himself and wounding 19.
Mentally ill Serbian man opens fire on the street in Jabukovac after a fight with his wife (and after jumping down a well and being rescued), killing 9 and wounding 4.
Bosnian man kills his neighbors and then boards a bus in Lipnica, killing 6 total.
A woman in Loerrach, Germany, kills her husband during a custody dispute then goes on a shooting and stabbing spree in a hospital, killing 3 and wounding 18.
A recently graduated German student returns to his high school in Albertville, Germany and opened fire, ultimately killing 16 and wounding 9.
A Slovakian man opens fire in Bratislava, killing 9 and wounding 8.
A British taxi driver kills 12 and wounds 11 in Cumbria.
A Serbian man goes on a shooting spree in the village of Velika Ivanca, killing 14.
A Czech man opens fire in a restaurant, killing 9.
A Slovakian man opens fire in an apartment complex, killing 8 and wounding 15.
A Belgian man opens fire (and throws grenades) at the town square in Liege, killing 7 and wounding 125.
On the same day, a right-wing Italian extremist shoots up a Senegalese marketplace in Florence, killing 3 and wounding 3.
A mentally ill Dutch firearms enthusiast opens fire on a shopping mall, killing 7 and wounding 17.
An Islamist in Frankfurt opens fire at US military personnel transferring in the airport, killing 2 and wounding 2.
A recent graduate returns to his high school in Emsdetten, Germany, and opens fire, wounding 22.
A student expelled from high school in Erfurt, Germany, returns to the school and opens fire, killing 17.
An Islamic extremist opens fire at an "art, freedom, and blasphemy" festival in Copenhagen, killing 3 and wounding 5.
An 18 year old Finn opens fire in Hyvinkaa, killing 2 and wounding 8.
A Finnish high school student goes to his school and opens fire, killing 9 and wounding 13.
A Finnish college student shoots up his campus, killing 11 and wounding 11.
A Finnish man kills his girlfriend after alleging her infidelity, then randomly shoots up a shopping mall, killing an additional 4 people and himself (for 6 total).
A still-unknown man shoots and kills 4 at a rest stop in Annecy, France (this may well have been a hit, with 3 of the people just in the wrong place at the wrong time).
A backpacker shoots up a traveller camp in Roye, France, killing 4 and wounding 4.
A gunman opens fire in Istres, France, killing 3.
A possibly Islamist Algerian (or possibly nationalist, or possibly just crazy) open fire targeting French military personnel and gensd'armes in Toulouse and then Montauban, killing 8 and wounding 5.
Irish Republican paramilitaries in "The Real IRA" open fire on a barracks in Antrim Town, killing 2 and wounding 4 in a (thankfully unsuccessful) attempt to derail the peace process.
A Swedish right-wing extremist shoots dark-skinned people in Malmo over the course of several months (comparisons were made to the "Beltway Sniper" MO).
A disgruntled British bouncer and tree surgeon kills 2 and wounds 2 in a shooting spree in Northumbria.
A Norwegian white supremacist shoots 67 children at a political camp after killing 8 with a bomb in Oslo.
An Italian security guard goes on a rampage in Turin, killing 8 including himself.
Canada:
A mentally ill New Brunswicker shoots police in Moncton, killing 3 and wounding 2.
A Quebecois convert to Islam opens fire on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, killing 2 and wounding 3.
A man with a history of domestic violence shoots and killed 8 members of his family and then himself in Edmonton.
An Indo-Canadian college student goes to his college in Montreal and opens fire, killing 2 and wounding 19.
Australia:
A mentally ill college student opens fire on his campus, killing 2 and wounding 5.
A mentally ill man shoots his neighbors, whom he suspected of poisoning his dog, and barricaded himself in his house until arrested after a siege: in total 3 died and 3 were injured.
Islamist extremists hold hostages in Sydney; in all 3 are killed and 4 are injured.
AHHHH Merry Olde Gun Free England in 2010...
Cumbria shootings - Wikipedia
I could go on.. But it sickens me.
