The US Leads the World in Mass Shootings

[Toro]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

 

[Stephanie]

What do you suggest be done about it?

we used to lock up the crazies until the ACLU and the left got involved and said it against their human rights.

 

[JoeB131]

Toro, I'm not sure why this upsets you.

Big corporations are making huge bucks selling weapons to people who have no business having them. They increase sales by instilling fear, and they instill fear by making sure that crazy people and criminals have easy access to weapons.

Being the cheerleader for plutocracy that you are, you should have no problem with this, any more than you have a problem sending american jobs off to be done by Child Labor in some third world shit hole.

Those of us with humanity have a real problem with it of course, but I'm not sure why you do.

 

[Toro]

Toro, I'm not sure why this upsets you.

Big corporations are making huge bucks selling weapons to people who have no business having them. They increase sales by instilling fear, and they instill fear by making sure that crazy people and criminals have easy access to weapons.

Being the cheerleader for plutocracy that you are, you should have no problem with this, any more than you have a problem sending american jobs off to be done by Child Labor in some third world shit hole.

Those of us with humanity have a real problem with it of course, but I'm not sure why you do.

50/50 that we one day read headlines from Chicago about you shooting up a Mormon church.

 

[Godboy]

The majority of our mass shootings are caused by gangs in inner cities. Remove black culture from the equation and our stats would be great.

 

[candycorn]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

Yes but the trend is that we are declining....in about 800 years, the rest of the world will be just as homicidal. Of course, that is pure fantasy. The rest of the world will actively try to quell their murder rates with effective gun control measures.

 

[JimBowie1958]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

And don't forget we are also number one in incarceration rates, too!

 

[JimBowie1958]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

Yes but the trend is that we are declining....in about 800 years, the rest of the world will be just as homicidal. Of course, that is pure fantasy. The rest of the world will actively try to quell their murder rates with effective gun control measures.

And fail like always, then lie about it in official reports that aren't much more than good bird cage liner.

 

[Mac1958]

I've seen a lot of comments essentially downplaying this stuff - there has always been violence, it's only a big deal because of the internet, on and on.

We have a clear and ongoing copycat pattern of homicidal/suicidal maniacs getting their hands on guns and targeting colleges and innocent college kids.

They want to slaughter young people and then commit suicide.

I don't see why anyone would want to downplay this.
.

 

[JoeB131]

50/50 that we one day read headlines from Chicago about you shooting up a Mormon church

Naw, we don't have Mormon Temples in IL. Not since we shot that child molesting Piece of Shit Joseph Smith like the dog he was.

But duly noted you didn't answer my point. Why are you bothered by this? A big corporation is making an obscene profit. This should be great news for you, right?

 

[candycorn]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

Yes but the trend is that we are declining....in about 800 years, the rest of the world will be just as homicidal. Of course, that is pure fantasy. The rest of the world will actively try to quell their murder rates with effective gun control measures.

And fail like always, then lie about it in official reports that aren't much more than good bird cage liner.

 

[Geaux4it]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

So what...?

In other news

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A Tennessee homeowner had the Castle Doctrine on his side during a home invasion. Garry Swanner was awakened by the sound of glass breaking and the thud of an intruder landing inside his home. Swanner, who has a right-to-carry permit, chambered a round into his .40-cal. Glock, and fired one shot when the stranger started coming toward him, hitting and killing the intruder. Swanner spent the next nine minutes on the phone with a 911 operator explaining the situation and reporting that since the threat was over he had unloaded his gun and put it on a table. Knox County District Attorney General Charme P. Allen said Swanner would not be charged because he acted in accordance with the Castle Doctrine, which governs the use of deadly force when you are in your home and face a threat of physical harm from an intruder. (News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tenn., 7/7/15)
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When the sound of breaking glass woke up a Tuscaloosa, Ala., apartment dweller early one morning, the resident grabbed his handgun and went to investigate. He found two men clad in bandannas and hoodies inside his second-story apartment. The armed citizen fired at one of the intruders. The wounded assailant ran across the parking lot, then he collapsed and died. His cohort, meanwhile, jumped from the victim’s balcony. The culprit sustained several broken bones when he landed on the ground, but he still got away. The police later captured him about a quarter mile from the scene. He has been charged with burglary and murder because his accomplice died during the commission of a felony. The resident will not be charged because of the state’s “stand your ground” law, officials said. (The Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 6/30/15)
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One robbery wasn’t enough for a New Mexico criminal, but the second one led to his undoing. The armed criminal had allegedly robbed a pizza restaurant and was fleeing when he came across a delivery driver in the parking lot. Thinking he could get some additional cash, he told the driver to hand over his money, too. But the driver was armed and shot the suspect. Albuquerque Police spokesman Tanner Trixier said the driver acted in self-defense, and no charges will be brought against him. The gunman was treated at a hospital and has been charged. (Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, N.M., 6/30/15)
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Two guns didn’t help a bad guy get the better of an armed citizen in Cincinnati. A 62-year-old man was arguing with a woman. After her brother intervened to make sure everything was OK, the assailant drew a .38-cal. handgun and fired three shots at the woman’s brother. The brother, who had a right-to-carry permit, pulled out his own gun and shot the man in his leg. The attacker retreated, but he returned with a gun in each hand and shot at the woman, her 1-year-old son and another man. The woman’s brother again came to the aid, firing multiple times to give the victims time to flee. The assailant was apprehended after he sought medical treatment. (WXIX, Cincinnati, Ohio, 07/27/15)

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[defcon4]

Very interesting. I wonder if massacres in Mexico, Africa, Philippines....etc. were considered as mass shootings or just weekend fun...

 

[candycorn]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

So what...?

In other news

==========================
A Tennessee homeowner had the Castle Doctrine on his side during a home invasion. Garry Swanner was awakened by the sound of glass breaking and the thud of an intruder landing inside his home. Swanner, who has a right-to-carry permit, chambered a round into his .40-cal. Glock, and fired one shot when the stranger started coming toward him, hitting and killing the intruder. Swanner spent the next nine minutes on the phone with a 911 operator explaining the situation and reporting that since the threat was over he had unloaded his gun and put it on a table. Knox County District Attorney General Charme P. Allen said Swanner would not be charged because he acted in accordance with the Castle Doctrine, which governs the use of deadly force when you are in your home and face a threat of physical harm from an intruder. (News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tenn., 7/7/15)
---------------------------------
When the sound of breaking glass woke up a Tuscaloosa, Ala., apartment dweller early one morning, the resident grabbed his handgun and went to investigate. He found two men clad in bandannas and hoodies inside his second-story apartment. The armed citizen fired at one of the intruders. The wounded assailant ran across the parking lot, then he collapsed and died. His cohort, meanwhile, jumped from the victim’s balcony. The culprit sustained several broken bones when he landed on the ground, but he still got away. The police later captured him about a quarter mile from the scene. He has been charged with burglary and murder because his accomplice died during the commission of a felony. The resident will not be charged because of the state’s “stand your ground” law, officials said. (The Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 6/30/15)
---------------------------------
One robbery wasn’t enough for a New Mexico criminal, but the second one led to his undoing. The armed criminal had allegedly robbed a pizza restaurant and was fleeing when he came across a delivery driver in the parking lot. Thinking he could get some additional cash, he told the driver to hand over his money, too. But the driver was armed and shot the suspect. Albuquerque Police spokesman Tanner Trixier said the driver acted in self-defense, and no charges will be brought against him. The gunman was treated at a hospital and has been charged. (Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, N.M., 6/30/15)
---------------------------------------------
Two guns didn’t help a bad guy get the better of an armed citizen in Cincinnati. A 62-year-old man was arguing with a woman. After her brother intervened to make sure everything was OK, the assailant drew a .38-cal. handgun and fired three shots at the woman’s brother. The brother, who had a right-to-carry permit, pulled out his own gun and shot the man in his leg. The attacker retreated, but he returned with a gun in each hand and shot at the woman, her 1-year-old son and another man. The woman’s brother again came to the aid, firing multiple times to give the victims time to flee. The assailant was apprehended after he sought medical treatment. (WXIX, Cincinnati, Ohio, 07/27/15)

"Stuff Happens"--Jeb Bush.

 

[JimBowie1958]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

Yes but the trend is that we are declining....in about 800 years, the rest of the world will be just as homicidal. Of course, that is pure fantasy. The rest of the world will actively try to quell their murder rates with effective gun control measures.

And fail like always, then lie about it in official reports that aren't much more than good bird cage liner.

....

It is funny how you libtards think you can post colorful pics and think it proves anything.

 

[Iceweasel]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

I'll take my chances with the massacres and will carry more often should I get concerned. I prefer that approach than expecting government to solve my immediate problem, should that occasion occur.

What these liberals can't understand (since it involves something more than what can be seen and touched) is that guns have always been with us. In fact we wouldn't be a country without them. It was much easier to get guns not long ago. What has changed it the progressives destruction of morality. If someone is hurting, society did it to you and you don't deserve it.

The liberal's solution is to take away my guns. My solution is to defeat liberalism wherever it rears its' ugly head.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

If it were a matter of poor mental health policies, other countries would have mass killings.

 

[Iceweasel]

"Stuff Happens"--Jeb Bush.

He said more than that but obviously it sent you into diddling yourself overtime and the point got lost.

 

[Valerie]

but what are you gonna doooo


#MemeOfTheWeek: That Article From The Onion About Mass Shootings


In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Tuesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place. “This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said North Carolina resident Samuel Wipper, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. “It’s a shame, but what can we do? There really wasn’t anything that was going to keep this guy from snapping and killing a lot of people if that’s what he really wanted.” At press time, residents of the only economically advanced nation in the world where roughly two mass shootings have occurred every month for the past five years were referring to themselves and their situation as “helpless.”

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

 

[candycorn]

The shooting in Oregon reinforces one thing - the US leads the world in mass shootings.

The researchers counted 23 mass shootings in 13 European nations plus Russia from 2000 to 2014, with a total of 203 deaths. During that time, the U.S. saw 133 shootings and 487 dead, resulting in a 0.15 mass shooting fatality rate per 100,000 residents, according to their tally. Separately, U.S. federal authorities have reported an increase in mass shooting in recent years.​

The article cites stricter gun control laws in the UK, Australia and Canada after mass shootings, which were then followed by declines in massacres.

Ms. Schildkraut said U.S. lawmakers should be wary of trying to mimic gun-control laws abroad. “Our culture of violence is such that our needs are not the same,” she said. “To expect solutions that work in those other countries to work here is not exactly realistic.” ...

Adam Lankford, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Department of Criminal Justice, who studied mass shootings around world from 1966 to 2012, found that countries with higher rates of gun ownership recorded more mass shooters per capita. ...

The U.S. represents less than 5% of the 7.3 billion global population but accounted for 31% of global mass shooters 1966 to 2012, more than any other country ...​

U.S. Leads World in Mass Shootings

Yes but the trend is that we are declining....in about 800 years, the rest of the world will be just as homicidal. Of course, that is pure fantasy. The rest of the world will actively try to quell their murder rates with effective gun control measures.

And fail like always, then lie about it in official reports that aren't much more than good bird cage liner.

....

It is funny how you libtards think you can post colorful pics and think it proves anything.

Yet here you are commenting: