What is to blame for the increase in mass shootings in recent years?

[Auld Phart]

For whack-jobs to get guns.

it's always been easy.

the Roaring 20's didn't roar just because of the music and flappers

 

[Auld Phart]

Guns

Specifically assault weapons

and yet, the majority of murders, and mass murders, are committed by handguns.

 

[Auld Phart]

Fun fact: the marijuana used today is much stronger than the joints the Boomers use to smoke.

better living thru chemistry

 

[DonGlock26]

It's mind boggling how they think they can pass gun control legislation, expecting criminals will obey the law and not try to get guns.

They don't want to control criminals. They want to control those who could overthrow them.

 

[mudwhistle]

Number of mass shootings in the U.S. 2026| Statista

In 2025, there were seven mass shootings recorded in the United States.

www.statista.com

We can see an increase in mass shootings in recent years, though, if we go as far back as 1982, we can see some years where the rates of mass shootings aren't any higher.

Given that mass shootings are statistical anomaly, and aren't likely to be a safety threat to the average person, I'm not particularly inclined to be concerned about them. The reality is that uninformed people who consume mass media tend to be fearful of things that are an unlikely occurrence, and often contrive unhelpful solutions to what they view as problems (such as how the mass hysteria over 9/11 motivated the Iraq War, which many, in hindsight, view as a mistake).

Regardless, if some people are concerned about the increase in mass shootings, I would like to hear intelligent opinions on why they are increasing.

Democrats have decided that the only way they can stay in power is by lying about their opponents and encouraging their voters to commit acts of violence against anyone they deem a threat to their fantasies.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Love it when law enforcement shows up and says "yeah we knew about this guy"

If you are trying to imply that it's their fault that the rodents continue to run rampant, that isn't fair. The cops do their part by arresting whoever needs to be busted, but at the end of the day, it isn't up to them if the charges stick or not. I can't count the number of times that I have seen Danny get into it with Erin on the Blue Bloods because of there not being enough to put a wanted criminal away.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[Blaster]

Number of mass shootings in the U.S. 2026| Statista

In 2025, there were seven mass shootings recorded in the United States.

www.statista.com

We can see an increase in mass shootings in recent years, though, if we go as far back as 1982, we can see some years where the rates of mass shootings aren't any higher.

Given that mass shootings are statistical anomaly, and aren't likely to be a safety threat to the average person, I'm not particularly inclined to be concerned about them. The reality is that uninformed people who consume mass media tend to be fearful of things that are an unlikely occurrence, and often contrive unhelpful solutions to what they view as problems (such as how the mass hysteria over 9/11 motivated the Iraq War, which many, in hindsight, view as a mistake).

Regardless, if some people are concerned about the increase in mass shootings, I would like to hear intelligent opinions on why they are increasing.

Mental illness.

 

[Manonthestreet]

If you are trying to imply that it's their fault that the rodents continue to run rampant, that isn't fair. The cops do their part by arresting whoever needs to be busted, but at the end of the day, it isn't up to them if the charges stick or not. I can't count the number of times that I have seen Danny get into it with Erin on the Blue Bloods because of there not being enough to put a wanted criminal away.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Of course it's not their fault....it's the courts and politicians .......and it happens too often

 

[BrokeLoser]

Number of mass shootings in the U.S. 2026| Statista

In 2025, there were seven mass shootings recorded in the United States.

www.statista.com

We can see an increase in mass shootings in recent years, though, if we go as far back as 1982, we can see some years where the rates of mass shootings aren't any higher.

Given that mass shootings are statistical anomaly, and aren't likely to be a safety threat to the average person, I'm not particularly inclined to be concerned about them. The reality is that uninformed people who consume mass media tend to be fearful of things that are an unlikely occurrence, and often contrive unhelpful solutions to what they view as problems (such as how the mass hysteria over 9/11 motivated the Iraq War, which many, in hindsight, view as a mistake).

Regardless, if some people are concerned about the increase in mass shootings, I would like to hear intelligent opinions on why they are increasing.

What is to blame for the increase in mass shootings in recent years?​

Diversity has fucked everything up.

 

[Crepitus]

Projection much?

Nope, You?

 

[MayorQuimby]

Americans have had easy access to firearms since 1628 ... it that were the primary factor then school shootings would have been a common theme in America since then.

It wasn't until the 1980s that we made the morally dubious decision to close down insane asylums and letting dangerous mental patients live among us.

I think deteriorating mental health is definitely a part of it, but I think the media is the biggest contributor. And by that I don't mean the constant, needless violence they show on TV and in movies, but rather, I mean the reporting that they do on various mass-shootings. They say that they are just reporting news-worthy stories, which is technically true, however, their true motive is to subtly put this idea in susceptible people (usually mentally unstable, armed young white males)'s minds to shoot up a school/mall...etc. This is so that they will have more ammunition to use when they want to drum up the public's support for their gun-grabbing agenda---"Look at all these mass-shootings!! Aren't they awful!! Isn't it time we started talking about gun-control!!!" It's the same tactic that they used, when they reported all those teenaged girls suffering from eating disorders. Notice how they always used white girls when reporting these stories, and it's because they wanted to subtly put the idea in impressionable young white girls' minds that this is the disorder that white girls get. And once thus subliminally influenced, white girls start to get all kinds of eating disorders. This is a very dirty trick the Jews use.

Btw, the reason Jews want white girls to get eating disorders is so that they will become incredibly thin. A really thin woman cannot ovulate, which causes her to not be able to have babies. And Jews love nothing more than white women who cannot have babies.

 

[Robert W]

How about shitty parenting, not teaching right vs wrong, and parental over indulgence, turning out a greater number of shitty kids, turning into shitty adults?

We call those parents Democrats.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

We call those parents mothers Democrats.

 

[White 6]

We call those parents Democrats.

I know gobs of shitty Republican parents, doting over their mediocre kids, telling they are brilliant, making sure they get participation trophies, getting and giving them everything they want whether they need it or not, deserve it or not, can be trusted with it or not, whether acting up or acting correctly. They get everything but discipline. My theory for the way kids act (of Republican or Democrats [as if political party actually mattered in parenting]) is that modern parents listen to the hogwash of trying to get their kids to think positively of themselves, instead of beating that ass with a belt, when then won't do right. As they get older, these shitty parents buy their kids way out of trouble, so they never have to learn from their mistakes. Many are stupid enough to let their kids keep living with them, after they are supposedly grown and back from college, and keep paying their bills, allowing them to continue living without responsibility. No need to grow up, if dad and mom will keep on supporting.

This is where I see some difference. More of my Republican friends are more like me on the money side. While maybe not wealthy, but raised right themselves, reasonably successful and financially secure enough to just keep on supporting their kids, long after they should. They just didn't teach them to stand on their own two feet. The kids probably didn't come out of school, college, etc., to land a 6 figure income job, have the discipline to hold it (even when it sucked), and build their lifestyle within their means, even if not yet the lifestyle they had their sights on. Most of my Democrat friends and acquaintances are simple working class, without the means to provide an opulent lifestyle to their grown kids.

 

[Grau]

Number of mass shootings in the U.S. 2026| Statista

In 2025, there were seven mass shootings recorded in the United States.

www.statista.com

We can see an increase in mass shootings in recent years, though, if we go as far back as 1982, we can see some years where the rates of mass shootings aren't any higher.

Given that mass shootings are statistical anomaly, and aren't likely to be a safety threat to the average person, I'm not particularly inclined to be concerned about them. The reality is that uninformed people who consume mass media tend to be fearful of things that are an unlikely occurrence, and often contrive unhelpful solutions to what they view as problems (such as how the mass hysteria over 9/11 motivated the Iraq War, which many, in hindsight, view as a mistake).

Regardless, if some people are concerned about the increase in mass shootings, I would like to hear intelligent opinions on why they are increasing.

Sometimes I wonder if there is really an increase in mass shootings or if the criteria for defining a "mass shooting" has made it easier to classify a multiple killing as a "mass shooting".

Additionally, why are mass shootings more newsworthy than mass killings using other weapons or lethal substances?

I believe it is noteworthy that more people were killed, per incident, with one dollar's worth of gasoline than any "mass shooting" (1)

Regardless of the weapon used, mass shootings certainly demand our attention, and like any useful solution, the real cost is rarely cheap, easy or simple.

I began teaching others how to shoot, safely, 60 years ago and have been trained on and used a wide variety of firearms from the .50 Cal. M2 to .22 target pistols but, over that period of time, I have never witnessed a firearm to discharge without the accidental or intentional actions of an individual.

Briefly put, a firearm is an inanimate object and inanimate objects don't kill unless used or misused by a motivated individual.

Therefore, I do't think that attempting to manipulate or control inanimate objects is as effective in saving lives as changing human behavior.

Changing human behavior is best accomplished by making Mental Health Care more accessible and affordable.

After about 10 years experience as a Psychiatric Case Worker, I have witnessed many examples of defused human anger and reduction in destructive behaviors.
Along with successes in changing suicidal and homicidal behavior, I have, naturally, witnessed failure of the best efforts to change those destructive behaviors. Doing nothing, naturally is not an option.

Finally, it should be no surprise that increasing access to Mental Health Care is not as cheap, simple and easy as passing additional gun laws when existing gun laws do nothing to deter those driven by suicidal or homicidal thoughts.

Yes, I would be willing to pay more in taxes for effective solutions than pay less for divisive measures that solve nothing.

Thanks,







(1). "Happy Land fire"

Happy Land fire - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

EXCERPT "González went to an Amoco gas station, then returned to the establishment with a plastic container with $1 worth of gasoline.[2][4] He spread the fuel at the base of a staircase, the only access into the club, and then ignited the gasoline.[5]

Eighty-seven people died in the resulting fire."CONTINUED

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I know gobs of shitty Republican parents, doting over their mediocre kids, telling they are brilliant, making sure they get participation trophies, getting and giving them everything they want whether they need it or not, deserve it or not, can be trusted with it or not, whether acting up or acting correctly. They get everything but discipline. My theory for the way kids act (of Republican or Democrats [as if political party actually mattered in parenting]) is that modern parents listen to the hogwash of trying to get their kids to think positively of themselves, instead of beating that ass with a belt, when then won't do right. As they get older, these shitty parents buy their kids way out of trouble, so they never have to learn from their mistakes. Many are stupid enough to let their kids keep living with them, after they are supposedly grown and back from college, and keep paying their bills, allowing them to continue living without responsibility. No need to grow up, if dad and mom will keep on supporting.

This is where I see some difference. More of my Republican friends are more like me on the money side. While maybe not wealthy, but raised right themselves, reasonably successful and financially secure enough to just keep on supporting their kids, long after they should. They just didn't teach them to stand on their own two feet. The kids probably didn't come out of school, college, etc., to land a 6 figure income job, have the discipline to hold it (even when it sucked), and build their lifestyle within their means, even if not yet the lifestyle they had their sights on. Most of my Democrat friends and acquaintances are simple working class, without the means to provide an opulent lifestyle to their grown kids.

Republicans tend to have both parents in the home as opposed to democrats who advocate for unstructured families.
Look at the schools and crime stats and do the math.

 

[Leo123]

Nope, You?

Stop lying, You’re about to snap any minute

 

[White 6]

Republicans tend to have both parents in the home as opposed to democrats who advocate for unstructured families.
Look at the schools and crime stats and do the math.

They advocate for unstructured families? How and who?
Is that like the noted Republican Elon Musk, with 14 children with 4 different women, only two of which, was he ever married to, been divorced since 2016 and still having babies with women? Is that what you mean by unstructured? Or Trump with 5 kids by 3 different wives, whom he was unfaithful to? Is that Republican structure or not? I admit, cheating on wives is pretty common in that party, with people like Trump, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc. Are these the MAGA Family Values people?

Mark Sanford​

Mark Sanford​

Mark Sanford​

 

[Crepitus]

They advocate for unstructured families? How and who?
Is that like the noted Republican Elon Musk, with 14 children with 4 different women, only two of which, was he ever married to, been divorced since 2016 and still having babies with women? Is that what you mean by unstructured? Or Trump with 5 kids by 3 different wives, whom he was unfaithful to? Is that Republican structure or not? I admit, cheating on wives is pretty common in that party, with people like Trump, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc. Are these the MAGA Family Values people?

Mark Sanford​

Mark Sanford​

Mark Sanford​

 

[MayorQuimby]

They advocate for unstructured families? How and who?
Is that like the noted Republican Elon Musk, with 14 children with 4 different women, only two of which, was he ever married to, been divorced since 2016 and still having babies with women? Is that what you mean by unstructured? Or Trump with 5 kids by 3 different wives, whom he was unfaithful to? Is that Republican structure or not? I admit, cheating on wives is pretty common in that party, with people like Trump, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc. Are these the MAGA Family Values people?

​

Maga politicians aren't the same as regular people who identify with Maga, though.