U.S. Isn’t The Worst Country For Mass Shootings
‘Gun Deaths: It’s become commonplace to hear after a U.S. shooting tragedy that, when it comes to guns, America is just more violent than other countries, especially those in Europe, where many countries have stiff gun-control laws. It’s a progressive shibboleth, but even some conservatives agree. The only problem is, it’s not true.
….So who’s tops? Surprisingly, Norway is, with an outlier mass shooting death rate of 1.888 per million (high no doubt because of the rifle assault by political extremist Anders Brevik that claimed 77 lives in 2011). No. 2 is Serbia, at just 0.381, followed by France at 0.347, Macedonia at 0.337, and Albania at 0.206. Slovakia, Finland, Belgium, and Czech Republic all follow. Then comes the U.S., at No. 11, with a death rate of 0.089.
That’s not all. There were also 27% more casualties from 2009 to 2015 per mass shooting incident in the European Union than in the U.S.
….Yet, some today propose banning rifles, in particular AR-15s, because they’ve been used in a number of mass killings. It’s important to note however that, according to FBI crime data cited this week by the Daily Caller, deaths by knives in the U.S. outnumber deaths by rifles by five to 1: In 2016, 1,604 people were killed by knives and other cutting instruments, while 374 were killed by rifles.’
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The real source of the problem:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/02/guns_and_school_shootings_the_dirty_and_deadly_big_secret.html
Very true. The data on SSRI use (and maybe withdrawal) and unstable young men shooting fellow students is not published. In addition to this another factor is emerging and that is “fatherlessness”. These young men have not had a father figure in their lives to help channel their testosterone to traditional male pursuits such as contact sports, hunting, making things or just becoming a man.
I was thinking that if a large, well conditioned man had done this with a knife how many would be dead? Perhaps half as many or even 10. The thing about this is, dozens would have been injured in the attempt to stop him. Joe Biden’s (Yes Joe, we know it was you.) Gun Free School Zone legislation from 1990 has failed. But don’t worry, the government is here to fix it with even more rules, which will require more money from us…always, more power and more money, always.
Facts are not relevant to the left but that doesn’t matter because I will not surrender my gun because I will not get on the rail cars because I ain’t going to any camp because I will not surrender my gun because I will not get on the rail cars because I ain’t going to any camp because I will not surrender my gun…
On the other hand, I have at least one free bullet for every commie that tries to take my gun.*
*Offer only valid on bullets. All bullets will have been separated from the cartridge and offering party retains the right to determine the most expedient method of delivery…hint; it won’t be Fedex.
The way I see it we are lucky these mass murderers and terrorists are either mentally ill,or stupid.I would hate to see the death toll if someone intelligent and incharge of their faculties execute an attack.See Mohammad Atta
Exactly! So far the gun free kill zones, er, gun free school zones have been on the friends and family plan. Wait until the highly motivated and well trained get involved. Or even a group of suicidal muz.
Since the cops don’t do anything (but assess) ’til it’s over I would imagine that 3 or 4 muz could kill a whole school full of children.
Remember Beslan.
The frauds at Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Insisted that Pamela Geller disinvite Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft from her “free speech” panel. For (rightly) calling out the media exploitation and coaching of the teen survivors of the Florida mass shooting.
Geller called it ironic. She was a bit off there. It’s not irony when the organization that wants to proclaim it’s FOR free speech bans it. http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2018/02/21/cpac-free-speech-jim-hoft/
Let me paraphrase of Ronald Reagan’s words:
Look at who sponsors CPAC and understand how much GOPe (Sarah Brady types) influence there is. >>spit<<
>>spit<< indeed!
“*Offer only valid on bullets. All bullets will have been separated from the cartridge and offering party retains the right to determine the most expedient method of delivery”