Gun violence & Hate crime in the United States - Sticky

[AZ_HighCountry]

Yes School Shootings and Mass Shootings is a social problem in USA. So is Alcoholism as well.

Yes USA has a gun problem.

It is not a gun problem. My own guns are committing no crimes.

Look into the root cause a bit behind the school shootings. There are common themes to them.

We also have a drug problem here. I'll bet Canada does as well.

 

[Feroze]

It is not a gun problem. My own guns are committing no crimes.

Look into the root cause a bit behind the school shootings. There are common themes to them.

We also have a drug problem here. I'll bet Canada does as well.

Canada does not have a gun problem like USA does.

What about mass shootings in USA? Too much mass shootings in USA.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Canada does not have a gun problem like USA does.

What about mass shootings in USA? Too much mass shootings in USA.

Can you point out where I am disagreeing?

I am suggesting you look into the root causes for these mass shootings. The easy access to firearms is a strawman argument.

In the case of the school shootings, kids with mental issues have been the culprits. Add in drugs like Ritalin, and you are asking for trouble.

A friend of mine in New Zealand has a child with behavioral issues. He elected to part with his own firearms out of concern what might happen if the child were to access them.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Good guy with a gun:

Harrowing Tampa Citibank shooting video shows moment shirtless slob gunman was taken out by hero Marine vet

A Marine veteran security guard fatally shot a gunman at Tampa’s Citibank campus after the attacker killed a woman.

nypost.com

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Wanted to post a follow-up to the school shooting that occurred almost a month ago in Bend, OR:

Hero girl dad who killed Oregon school shooter reveals savage final words he told teen gunman

The father of two said in a new interview that, after he’d shot the teen murderer in a classroom at Bend’s Silver Rail Elementary School, the gunman was still alive and trying to speak.

nypost.com

Absolute hero.

@RescueRanger

 

[RescueRanger]

Wanted to post a follow-up to the school shooting that occurred almost a month ago in Bend, OR:

Hero girl dad who killed Oregon school shooter reveals savage final words he told teen gunman

The father of two said in a new interview that, after he’d shot the teen murderer in a classroom at Bend’s Silver Rail Elementary School, the gunman was still alive and trying to speak.

nypost.com

Absolute hero.

@RescueRanger

Wonder what the anti "gun" bandwagon would say in response this? True first responders or "zero responders" (don't like the term but is referred to people who activate emergency services or render aid till professionals arrive) are always members of the community, this man helped prevent a larger massacre and just goes to show, firearms aren't evil, the people who misuse them are.