I live in a blue state that has strict gun safety laws and the lowest gun death rate in the U.S..
MASS SHOOTING/USA
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I forgot the mass murders of Portapic in Canada's Maritime province in 2020. A man killed 13 humains with firearms and 9 in fires.
He's mostly the cause of banning thousands of firearms in Canada.
I would say that you live in by far the most violent country that I know except where criminals drug dealers and producers make the laws.
And killing kids by the dozens in schools.
At least wild animals kill to feed themselves ! As far as I know, killers in USA don't do it for feeding themselves !
In small town, ‘every child’s name will be known,’ says King Charles of victims in mass B.C. shooting
A mass shooting in the northern B.C. community of Tumbler Ridge has left 10 people dead, including the suspect, the RCMP confirmed Tuesday night.
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Who was Jesse Strang? Reports identify 18-year-old as Canada's Tumbler Ridge school shooter
A shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School left 10 dead, with reports suggesting 18-year-old Jesse Strang as the shooter. | World News
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^^^^^ There was a mass shooting in Canada at Tumbler Ridge Secondary school in British Columbia. 10 people dead. The shooter is a transgender, alleged name Jesse Strang. The Liberals will now use this tragedy to justify their gun buyback program. But they fail to acknowledge the root cause which is mental health which is probably behind a lot of the mass shootings in the US.
You are absolutely correct about this. The notorious Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was committed by a mentally ill 20 year old who accessed his mother's rifle to shoot her, 26 people at Sandy Hook elementary school, and then himself.
We in the United States no longer institutionalize mentally ill people as it costs too much to do so. Therefore, the burden of caring for such individuals falls on their families. The families have difficulty securing their guns from such persons. In addition, persons like the shooter, who had Asperger Syndrome and Anorexia Nervosa, need their meds and if they don't get the meds, someone is going to suffer the consequences. This kid was so ill that he changed his socks and underwear 20 times a day and his mother did 3 loads of laundry per day.
To me the problem isn't guns as much as mentally ill people getting a hold of guns. It's very hard to stop. And again, if you have a mentally ill person with a gun, your only chance to stop him may be to have a gun yourself. Otherwise, you are going down. Fradi telling him to put the gun down and play nice isn't going to be as effective a self defense as kneecapping him with one shot.
Your analogies are ridiculous as always.
How many mass shooters got knee capped exactly.
Most die in a hale of bullets when law enforcement corners them.
Law enforcement is who should have access to the guns not individual citizens,
Another ridiculous argument is that only disturbed mentally ill people kill and murder others, this is applicable to any murderer sane people don’t kill other human beings.
What you don’t mention is the amount of daily gun violence and the amount of people being killed and murdered with guns on a daily basis.
These are not mass murders just your gun happy Americans settling their grievances by murdering each other wether it is criminals, gangs, or domestic violence.
The weapon of choice is more than 90% of the time a gun because everyone has one.
The same in Canada.
Years ago, in Canada, the mentally ill were cut loose and right on cue, there was an increase in numerous social problems that have only been compounded by even more hare-brained public policy decisions.
You are right. Psychiatric help and treatments are completely inadequate both in the US and Canada. It is not just locking people up; it is about treatment and monitoring.
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