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Originally Posted by MattyC
Norway - A mass killing. A.
The US is supposed to be "better" (by their own horn-tooting mouths) than everywhere else. A safe haven for the persecuted and oppressed from nations such as you described. It is a far cry from that now. If you feel the need to have a gun for safety, even if you are against guns, there is something seriously wrong with the society as a whole.
Yes people will kill each other. And yes people will kill others on mass scales with dubious reasons. It doesn't happen anywhere in the "civilized" world even close to as much as in the US. Its a systemic issue there. These types of instances are random, infrequent, and horrifying in any other place. In the US, it's just normal. It's just....weird.
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When you actually break down deaths on a per capita basis, US deaths from mass shootings are relatively low:
Obviously this chart doesn't include the most recent events of this year.
Where the US exceeds other Western nations is total gun deaths. This is largely due to gang violence and suicides.