• ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    If the children had assault rifles on them at all times, they could have defended themselves. Assault rifles, pump guns and other long weapons are perfect for children, since they cannot point it at themselves and pull the trigger at the same time. Also to further enhance the safety of your child, just be sure to give them soft point ammo, since it would shatter on impact with any harder wall and avoid ricochet.

    Edit: God save President Trump and watch over all of your children.

      • iii@mander.xyz
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        21 days ago

        How does the meme, or pretending it’s unique to the US, help to resolve the problem?

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          21 days ago

          The scale and frequency is unique to the US.

          And it’s wild because the proof is in the wiki article you linked. Since 2000 there have been a total of 85 school shootings in all of Europe. The US (A single country) has had 630.

          The problem is obviously significantly worse in the US.

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            I’ll add to this that Europe has about 1.6 times the population of the US. This means that Europe has roughly one school shooting for every 12 incidents in the US when corrected for population.

            If Europe had school shootings at a rate similar to the US, there would have been on average 40 incidents per year. That is: about one school shooting every week of school since year 2000. I can’t even imagine going to school knowing that and wondering if my school is the one that’s going to be shot up this week.

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            21 days ago

            Y’all almost seem proud of it, to the point that acknowledging other places can have the same problem, is anger inducing?