How does the US actually rank in mass shootings Per Capita?

[Ex-Pat]

I’m far from an expert, but I can’t think of any developed countries with more gun rights than America.

[WuWei]

@Ex-Pat

I’m far from an expert, but I can’t think of any developed countries with more gun rights than America.

Guns don’t have rights. I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here?

[Ex-Pat]

[WuWei]

@Ex-Pat

Again, I don’t know what you’re trying to say.

Are you saying a disarmed populace is some kind of sign of “developed”?

[Ex-Pat]

Besides from lawless countries such as Somalia, doesn’t the United States have more guns and laws protecting gun owners than anywhere else?

[SixFoot]

Suddenly, libs want gang violence to count as public mass shootings in America. They want us to have the high mass shooting rate. lol

[SixFoot]

Afghanis have more Freedom than we do, and libs still want to take more away.

[Konssurvative1]

I would agree. I have looked at data from different places on school shootings…did you know they classify a school shooting as something that happened within a block of a school…or involved a gang drive by shooting of a student walking home from school or walking on school property, even if the intended target was the only person shot. Statistics are made to be manipulated.

[WuWei]

Yes they can.

[mobulis]

@WuWei

@Ex-Pat

Besides from lawless countries such as Somalia, doesn’t the United States have more guns and laws protecting gun owners than anywhere else?

Probably, is that a bad thing?

Do you have more freedom than a Somali goat raper Bob? An Afghani?

Yes it is.

[Samm]

@Ex-Pat

@WildRose

There is a war on guns, pay attention to the platforms the democrats are running on.

If there’s a war, the NRA has won every battle. They’ve gotten their way so much that they are championing such laws as Stand Your Ground.

Ridiculous. That’s simply a myth perpetrated by hoplophobes to deamonize the NRA. Personally, I wish the NRA was even half as effective as you and your ilk claim that they are.

[Samm]

@Adam

Yeah I really need to look at how they’re determining these numbers. Like what they removed in counts from the US and what they left in for other countries.

It is a difficult task. Even in the US the definition is not consistent. It ranges from four not counting the shooter to three counting the shooter. Some definitions separate shootings by the same gunman at if there is a “cooling off” break between shootings and some call that one incident. And once you go global, the range gets even wider. Even gun shy Australia calls it five not counting the shooter. (Their agenda is to prove that their laws prevent mass shootings.)

[WildRose]

What is wrong specifically with SYG? Why should you be denied the right to defend yourself especially in your own home, business or on your own property otherwise?

[Adam]

And I’m not saying they’re wrong, but I want the actual data.

[WuWei]

@WildRose

What is wrong specifically with SYG? Why should you be denied the right to defend yourself especially in your own home, business or on your own property otherwise?

Ask them what the alternative is, I bet they don’t know.

[WuWei]

@AlexMcAlpine

@WuWei

You have no freedom from jerks at all.

That’s certainly true.

Yes, it certainly is.

[WuWei]

@Adam

And I’m not saying they’re wrong, but I want the actual data.

There are 3 classes of mass shootings, not one. No matter which numbers you use.

Los Angeles and San Diego are excellent examples of two of the three.

[Samm]

@Adam

And I’m not saying they’re wrong, but I want the actual data.

And I am saying that data is subjective depending on the definition.

[Samm]

@WuWei

@WildRose

What is wrong specifically with SYG? Why should you be denied the right to defend yourself especially in your own home, business or on your own property otherwise?

Ask them what the alternative is, I bet they don’t know.

“When seconds count the cops are just minutes away.”

[Adam]

Yes Samm. I get that. But I want to see the data they are using.