Matt Davies for March 09, 2018

Must be all the Mentally ill playing violent video games and targeting the US because it is so great, again. Maybe the NRA can add more fear and power fantasies, will that help stop the school shootings?

All western, democratic countries have video games and mental illness. And have taken God out of the classroom. And teach Evolution. And have violent movies. And have crumbling families. And have bullied children. And have angry people. But THEY don’t have mass killings. Gee, if only we could discover the one way that America is different from all other countries, we’d understand why we alone have mass killings. Couldn’t be guns, of course, must be something else…..

Happens all over the world BREAK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers Break https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers#School_massacres

They say there were 18 school shootings this year, it is only 14, now don’t you all feel better.March 7: Birmingham, AlabamaOne student was killed and another critically wounded after an accidental shooting during dismissal time at Huffman High School. Police wouldn’t elaborate further on how the incident.March 7: Jackson, MississippiA student was shot inside a dormitory at Jackson State University. His injuries were not life-threatening.March 2: Mount Pleasant, MichiganTwo people were shot to death at a dormitory on the campus of Central Michigan University. The victims are not students and police think the incident stemmed from a domestic situation.February 27: Norfolk, VirginiaA student at Norfolk State University was shot from an adjacent dorm room while he was doing homework. He was not seriously injured.February 27: Itta Bena, MississippiA person was shot in a rec center at Mississippi Valley State University. Police said the person was not a student and the injury was not life-threatening.February 24: Savannah, GeorgiaA person was shot on the campus of Savannah State University and taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. Neither the victim nor the shooter were university students, the college said.February 14: Parkland, FloridaA 19-year-old man gunned down students and staff with a rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, slaughtering at least 17 unsuspecting students and adults. The suspect, Nikolas Cruz, had once been expelled from the high school over disciplinary problems, officials said.February 9: NashvilleA high school student was shot five times in the parking lot of Pearl-Cohn High School.February 5: Oxon Hill, MarylandA high school student was shot in the parking lot of Oxon Hill High. The victim was treated and later released. Police arrested two teens and said they are acquaintances of the victim.February 1: Los AngelesA 15-year-old boy was shot in the head and a 15-year-old girl shot in the wrist at S

There is NO CORRELATION between “violent video games” and “mass shootings” and there NEVER HAS BEEN! The ONLY correlation between “mass murder” and ANYTHING is the correlation between “mass murder”and “AVAILABILITY OF FIREARMS”! That and ONLY that is the only correlation ever proven! Ever!

The ONLY causality is between gun stores and the idiots with a lot more money than brains walking into them!

@Andylit, the issue, as it always has been, is MAGNITUDE, not whether it occurs at all. It is unquestionable that we have far, far, far more — like by three orders of magnitude more — than almost any other country in the world.

ALL the other explanations — mental health, etc., as per the cartoon — have debunked except one: we are the only nation with this much unfettered access to high-powered guns, and which owns collectively so many guns. The US makes up 4.4% of the world’s population but owns 42% of the guns.

Here’s an article that sums up the research nicely, NRA obscuration efforts notwithstanding.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html

There will always be people who are incited to seek violence in the most disturbing ways. Our government, as protectors of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”, has a duty to protect us. However, our government (not just the current administration) allows there to be a large, easily accessible supply of dangerous weapons in America. They say that to ban certain kinds of guns would infringe on property rights, but I believe allowing them to remain in supply infringes on our previously-said rights. Thus, the sensible action for a government to take would be to at least restrict access to powerful weapons. If the government is truly worried about property rights, another solution would be to ban the importation or production of dangerous weapons, and allow them to fade away over time

The right wingers lie that shooters look for easy gun free targets.

Actual studies show the shooters seek out the people and places where they have an emotional investment. They want to show everyone how much they were hurt.

Ban the AR-15 the weapon of choice for school mass murderers.

Boycott the NRA and don’t vote for gun extremists.

Sandy Hook shooter Lanza was obsessed with one video game at the local theater. The manager often had to unplug it to get him to leave. It was Dance Dance Revolution.

Brass Orchid: Are we forgetting the correlation between mass shootings and “Gun-Free Zones”? It’s a negative correlation. All of Canada is a gun free zone and there are very few mass shootings.

Mass shootings updated! :www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data/