[GirlySports]

Sad. But blaming the NRA and politicians is stupid. An idiot with opportunity and a mental problem did this. You literally live in a state with some of the most restrictive gun laws in America. If you have a California ID and wish to buy a gun out of state, you will not be granted one.

ya know I've lived Canada all my life and in Germany and Korea for short stints of my life (early 20s) and it has provided me with a unique perspective. One in which I live in an area with no worry that something like this will ever happen. The reason for this is clear: it's cultural. As cultural as drinking beer is at every event or buying soju because it's cheaper than water. As cultural as Germany being effectively "closed" on Sunday. Every place I can shop isn't open. Even semi-trucks aren't allowed to drive on the autobahn on Sundays. As cultural as blowing off fireworks in the middle of downtown Berlin on New Years while police officers do nothing more than direct traffic because streets are halfway closed down because...beer/wine stands are set up. As cultural as having one of the most densely populated cities on the planet be within striking distance from one the saddest, most reclusive places on earth and not caring at all when that neighboring leader threatens war every year.

The culture in America (and in Canada) is greed and entitlement. *I* deserve everything because *I* have to deal with this. This is *my* right to being who *I* want to be. The sickness festers everywhere. And only the symptoms are half-heartedly treated via fierce words and dormant actions. Slacktivism, really. That's our culture. Mass shootings are a byproduct like corporate greed and people just generally only giving a #### about themselves.

And it's not guns, we just saw here in Calgary someone stab 5 people to death.

Korea especially and, in some cases, Germany just don't act like that. So this will continue and keep continuing. Fingers will be pointed at each other, the media will glorify and overreact with indignation, and nothing will change. The next big media story will come along and attract our ADD-riddled attention spans.