So the FBI comes to your house 1 yr ago

[Cattledog]

about your son and school shooting threats and you still have guns accessable in your house. Hey, what could go wrong?

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Takes a special level of stupidity and mistrust of the Gubmint

[raccoon]

2. A fricken men!

[Walleye]

3. The only thing I can think is, they hate Americans and want to see us killed

They don’t store up all those guns to shoot foreigners with

[no_hypocrisy]

4. There were virtually no school shootings when I was coming up 60 years ago.

Partially because a substantial number of people didn't have guns in their homes.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. This

I was six when Brenda Miller killed those little kids on a grade school playground. I never had to worry I would get shot after that, until I graduated from Uni.

[MichMan]

9. Not sure where you live, but lots of people around here had shotguns and rifles for hunting in the 60's

[no_hypocrisy]

10. NJ.

The only local murders were Edgar Smith in 1957 (beat a 15 yo to death with a bat) and 1965 (plane pilot shot his wife and two toddlers).

[MichMan]

15. Hunting tradition here in Michigan borders on being a lifestyle.

Many people plan their vacations around deer hunting season. Some businesses close completely because most of their employees want time off and many others that cater to hunters have extended hours and work all weekend.

It was something that multiple generations enjoy, and for many younger teenagers, getting invited to go with the adults for deer camp was a rite of passage. Also, not at all uncommon for a youngster to get a .22 rifle as a birthday or Christmas gift.

Hunting has significant economic benefits to our state as well.

[TheProle]

13. There were 69 school shootings

in the 1960s and 70s.

Rarer, for sure, but not "virtually none".

[Journeyman]

18. There was a shooting at the high school the town over from mine when I was in school . . .

This was 50+ years ago. A guy shot a rival in the head in the middle of a class session. It was gang related, or racial, as were most all the attacks in our school and the communities around us. This was in the late ’60s, early ’70s. Rare occurrences, even then. This was in a suburb of Los Angeles, in the South Bay.

The biggest "school shooting" I recall was the University of Texas Tower in 1966, and it didn't register so much as a school shooting as it did the incident which made all our lives seem forfeit to any maniac with a gun and a grudge. Coming so soon after JFK's murder, it left an indelible mark on my 12 year old mind.

[sarisataka]

14. I don't think that was the reason

More recent data still has the number in the high 30s- low 40s, so approximately 10% less households have guns that 60 years ago.

[Journeyman]

16. Interesting graph. Thanks for sharing. Was there an article this was originally attached to? . . .

I'm curious to see what attitudes played into the huge swings between high gun ownership and lower rates.

[Vinca]

6. Amazing, too, that in Georgia there are no laws applicable to the parents in this case.

They can have guns, the kid can have guns, everybody gets a gun, no questions asked.

[Irish_Dem]

7. He is an accomplice to murder and belongs in prison.

[Persondem]

8. While it seems that in GA, there are no criminal laws pertaining to parents, the families of the

.. killed and wounded might be able to sue the f**k out of the dad in civil court.

[wishstar]

19. Father has been arrested and charged with manslaughter and murder

"Meanwhile, authorities have taken steps to hold the teenager’s father, Colin Gray, 54, accountable after charging him Thursday with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the GBI said."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/us/apalachee-school-shooting-georgia-friday/index.html

[Tree Lady]

12. They are probably maga thinking FBI

is after them and their guns, son probably said dad I didn't do it believe me!

I bet he has been listening to his dad ranting about the government all year since then.

[Skittles]

17. gun humper logic

fucking cowards