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In reply to the discussion: There is no way to stop mass shootings in this country! [View all]Orsino
(37,428 posts)99. ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

ISLA VISTA, CAIn the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Tuesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place. This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and theres nothing anyone can do to stop them, said North Carolina resident Samuel Wipper, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the worlds deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. Its a shame, but what can we do? There really wasnt anything that was going to keep this guy from snapping and killing a lot of people if thats what he really wanted. At press time, residents of the only economically advanced nation in the world where roughly two mass shootings have occurred every month for the past five years were referring to themselves and their situation as helpless.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this,36131/
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Well, I would love to hear one realistic idea. Before we try something that loses votes. Nt
Logical
May 2014
#6
Then we need more stringent and even more... thorough background checks and...
951-Riverside
May 2014
#50
How about mandatory mental health evals before getting a drivers or gun licens-nt
Anansi1171
May 2014
#91
Maybe all you folks who are so sanguine about mass shootings (no pun intended)
stranger81
May 2014
#10
Right. Dead kids add nothing to the discussion. Let's keep talking about more gunz.
stranger81
May 2014
#13
Maybe, maybe not. It obviously wouldn't stop everyone, but it would certainly make it harder.
stranger81
May 2014
#32
I agree that there's no one-size-fits-all solution to completely eliminate the problem.
stranger81
May 2014
#42
Then please explain why we hear about so few mass murders in Australia, Japan, Britain, etc
Hugabear
May 2014
#76
It was made in direct response to a worthless OP that adds nothing to the discussion. eom
MohRokTah
May 2014
#16
All I need is a bout one more Associate Justice who would be open to that interpretation
MohRokTah
May 2014
#38
I hope you are right. "Well regulated" has been debated forever. But remember....
Logical
May 2014
#41
The Democratic party platform says that the 2A protects an individual right to keep and bear arms
hack89
May 2014
#51
But that is not banning the use of guns, just making it hard to afford the bullets.
Rex
May 2014
#80
If it was unconstitutional then guns and bullets would be tax free, felons could legally own them...
951-Riverside
May 2014
#63
Somehow I don't think allowing only the 1% to own guns is a very progressive idea.
EX500rider
May 2014
#68
Why should we be expected to "get used to it?" Why should we be expected to shut up and
Skidmore
May 2014
#65
Whether deliberately or accidental, I think you are confusing "politically viable" with "desirable".
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2014
#64