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Originally Posted by Envitro
Cool, so everyone knows that it's the sheer number of guns, problem solved...
No confirmation bias whatsoever. It's such an obvious answer, everyone that disagrees must be a complete idiot, or a right wing Trump supporter.
Correlation = Causation
End of conversation.
Oh wait, Finland, Switzerland, Canada (to name a few), all countries with very high per capita civilian gun ownership rates, don't have the same rate of "mass shootings" as the U.S.
Is the lack of "social safety nets" a problem? What about racial diversity / tensions? What about mandated paid vacation days? There are so many areas to examine WHY someone would go and commit murders on a scale like that.
Yes, the answer to the HOW is obvious. There's no doubt that America has relatively speaking easy access to an unlimited number of guns. BUT, I was asking a pointed question on the WHY.
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You are being deliberately obtuse. You use guns. You love guns. You are a responsible person who has a license to buy and own guns because you live in a country with gun regulation.
In the USA (in most areas), a deranged person with the intent to commit crimes that same day could walk into a gun store and buy super dangerous semi-auto weapons without any type of checks or balances. It is their RIGHT. There are 400MM civilian owned arms in that country.
We have deranged people in Canada who likely wish they could commit crimes on the same scale, but the regulations already in place prevent them from acting impulsively. That's the difference.
You keep harping on "WHY". There is no single answer - no two shootings are the same. Orlando happened because the perp targeting LGBTs, San Bernardino targeted his coworkers for perceived injustices, Columbine was a revenge shooting against bullies, and the list goes on. Sometimes the motive is unclear, and it's just a crazy person with access to guns - like Las Vegas. Plus, there is always good ol fashioned racism and fear than run rampant in that country (and a lot of Western nations)
The WHY will never be a simple answer. But the simpler solution is to severely restrict access to the devices that are made for one single person - to kill quickly.