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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Pretty much this.
I liken this to the suicide bombings in the Middle East or Africa that occur on a daily basis. They get little to no attention media-wise here and that is because it is seen to be part of normal everyday life there. Scary, but true. That's how America is to me. I'm pretty much desensitised to these things now. No point in getting all worked up, knowing full well it's going to happen a couple days later AGAIN and the US government will once again do nothing to fix it.
The Vegas one certainly hit close to home for me since I knew someone who knew one of the victims. But #### it, if the American government or people aren't going to care enough to change anything, then why should I? Next week we'll all be gathered in another god damn thread saying the exact same things; thoughts and prayers, 2nd amendment, what a tragedy, reform, etc.
I remember after Columbine when our teachers sat us in the classrooms and tried to explain the tragedy to everyone. Everyone was in shock, people crying, and we saw the evil in it. Well those kids who did that must be laughing in their graves right now, watching all the copy cat shootings that happen in US now. Congratulations boys, you got your wish.
I want to send out my thoughts and 'prayers' to the victims. But I'm done doing that now. I'll just simply shake my head, keep my fingers crossed it's no one I know, go about my day like it's any other day, and thank the lucky stars that I live in Canada.
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Mass shootings with less than 5 dead don’t make the news anymore in the US, becasue if they did, they would literally be all the media would have time to talk about.
Never mind a mass shooting, a school shooting happens on average of once a week.
Kids accidentally picking up a gun in their own home and killing someone with it happens so often in the States, again, the news doesn’t even pick up the stories any more.
Yes, gun control isn’t going to be the whole solution, but it certainly is going to be part of the solution. Yes, it might take a couple generations for the culture to change, but you might as well start now.