Post AVSiqTe4IstSGaTXqC by stux@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AVSiGhP9fX4EW2RJey by stux@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T00:45:37Z
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Way to go CNN.. dedicating over 20 min to talk about the most recent Texas mall mass shooter, and who he might be and he may have thought but don't mention a single word about one of je major root causes of these terrible issues"Is it time for congress to act?"Dude, are you freaking seriousWhat has to happen before some people wake up reallySorry not sorry but this whole "second amendment" arms right thing is just CRAZY from I think any outside perspectiveIt's simply "the right to kill"
(DIR) Post #AVSiZ1GEaCvHJL0ETI by Lazarou@mastodon.social
2023-05-09T00:49:05Z
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@stux it's crazy for the majority of Americans too, but they don't get a say in it, it's the GOP's show. They are such inhuman monsters, they cynically trot out the 'thoughts and prayers' while delivering a living hell to the people of America. All for money and power, disgusting.
(DIR) Post #AVSikhnalfnIQSB5yy by sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
2023-05-09T00:51:13.990858Z
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To be fair though, this is an America problem.Not a gun problem, there's all kinds of guns and all kinds of areas of around the world. So what's so special about America that they uniquely have this problem?I think a lot of The usual suspects can't be blamed because a lot of The usual suspects exist everywhere else around the world. Canada gets American television. So does Europe. We hear American music. We play American video games. Much of the world owns guns, that's not the issue.So what is the uniquely American problem is leading to these uniquely American tragedies?
(DIR) Post #AVSiqTe4IstSGaTXqC by stux@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T00:52:08Z
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If a car or bike or any accident happens here in the Netherlands the first thing is to take care of everyone involvedThe second is to see what caused itAnd the third is how are we gonna prevent this in the futureThat goes with almost anything, at least thats the goal. Why is it so hard for other countries to do this also and not get stuck on step 2 and repeat?If something happens over and over one should start thinking about fixing the root issue and not keep adding fixes
(DIR) Post #AVSj1loZ5hDXnqloO0 by stux@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T00:54:14Z
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@sj_zero It absolutely is indeed..But aren't gun the major part of this whole culture and issue? It only feeds and feeds into itThere are indeed a lot of weapons around the world but what i've seen is that in the US there's this whole culture around it, for example the NRA etc etc
(DIR) Post #AVSjC6SlAxe8jqUwtM by stux@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T00:56:02Z
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@mnw But i dont think this should lay with the people though but rather the 'leaders', since they give the orders so to sayIf they start with it it's much easier for the people to follow instead of reverse
(DIR) Post #AVSjRyXkO8JMoGOpHM by carodjah@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T00:59:01Z
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@stux the answer to “what has to happen” is nothing could happen.a smarter person than me pointed out that all hope for gun control died with Sandy Hook, where republicans saw dozens of kids slaughtered and reacted by doing absolutely nothing.I’d say that’s reinforced by how a gunman shot one of them at a baseball game and they still saw no problem.even when the threat is to their own lives, they just don’t care. More votes and money for them that way.
(DIR) Post #AVSjWBbJmZFWSv4ra4 by Ibleedblue@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T00:59:47Z
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@stux @mnw Sounds so simple...as it should be. But, here we are... one big cluster &uck!
(DIR) Post #AVSjcXZ91vcQKH5gtU by rjblaskiewicz@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T01:00:55Z
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@stux I fee; subtooted. Completely justifiably, if I'm honest.
(DIR) Post #AVSji1fGYEXN7iZNdg by nikatjef@mastodon.acm.org
2023-05-09T01:01:53Z
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@stux The problem is that too many of our politicians are bought and paid-for by the Gun Lobby to interpret the 2nd amendment to the US constitution differently than almost any other part and we, the people, are too weak willed to force them to do the actual job we send them to Washington to do.
(DIR) Post #AVSkWsAnbEckSHZ4Oe by tprophet@defcon.social
2023-05-09T01:11:03Z
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@stux Most countries don't face an existential and ongoing threat from the majority of their land being below sea level. If The Netherlands was the US, the only part of it that would still exist is Limburg.
(DIR) Post #AVSkq6M16DrXwFyrNA by iBlame@kolektiva.social
2023-05-09T01:14:32Z
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@stux The US can’t even get past Step 1 with gun control.
(DIR) Post #AVSlBaquu01ybogLSq by alysondecker@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T01:18:29Z
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@stux In America we skip Step One, go straight to Step Two, and never bother with Step Three.
(DIR) Post #AVSlLRfLucpH0syElc by raineer@frontrange.co
2023-05-09T01:20:13Z
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@stux I’m seeing a noticeable lack of guns in your solutions
(DIR) Post #AVSleqvEEdKKqUeP20 by RufusJCooter@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T01:23:46Z
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@stux Shoot, here in the states, we can't even do the "take care of everyone" part, because that might eat into insurance co. profits
(DIR) Post #AVSlvtFGqmocyS9Jse by janisf@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T01:26:49Z
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@stux People are angry at our "stupid" government. Those sentiments are being fed by certain media corporations, along with "don't control me" sentiments.The original intent of journalism in the US was to hold offices and officials accountable, to inform voters. It's was set up as an oppositional relationship. It's turned into a money machine. We literally pay to be in the fight.
(DIR) Post #AVSo88oQzv0EdcZAvY by iCyberFighter@infosec.exchange
2023-05-09T01:51:26Z
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@stux When Congress did nothing after Uvalde, it was a sign that the powers that want to keep gun freedom matter more than anything else. What has to happen? Interesting question… And that’s not to say that no one would have weapons, it’s to say just control it more. In the neighboring Canada people can apply for an arms license but you can’t just buy them at Walmart. Result: mass shootings are a rarity.
(DIR) Post #AVSsXZP5fWuEAK5oae by alexpostfacto@tech.lgbt
2023-05-09T02:40:52Z
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@stux three words of the 2A they always seem to forget about: "well regulated militia"
(DIR) Post #AVSuhQm4o5PgCrfr6m by sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
2023-05-09T03:05:03.829543Z
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(long post of me just laying things out and trying to make sense of info...)America has always had guns and it's inarguable that those guns have led to tragedies throughout its history, but it seems to me that the concept of mass shootings as these routine crimes of passion that aren't related to other crime (Unfortunately, the US is the worst in the world for gun crime that's related to other crime, and that's a separate issue) is a relatively recent phenomenon.In the late 60s we started seeing some "clock tower snipers" who got up on high towers and started shooting random people, and we had a couple instances in the 1970s, but it wasn't until the 1980s that the term "mass shooting" entered the cultural lexicon.It was the 1990s that the concept of "going postal" started to grow culturally popular, and in 1999 the columbine massacre occurred and obviously was unusual and shocking enough that the entire world was paying attention. The rate seemed to increase slowly until lately we've been seeing a few notable instances per year.Unfortunately, the crime is hard to parse out since mass shooting data will include mass shootings related to other crime such as gangland shootings. Such mass shootings are no less tragic, but gangs going around killing each other or innocent people while committing crimes are going to have much different roots than otherwise law abiding individuals grabbing a gun and randomly shooting at innocent people. I live in a pretty remote area, and we recently had a shootout among gang members, some of whom were exported from the US.On the topic of crime in the US, it's also inarguable that violent crime in the US is way down. The early 1990s were terrible for violent crime, with numbers massively peaking. Today numbers per capita are way below the peak 1990 numbers, but they're still above the 1960s numbers by far, and they're also well above the trough of the post-1990s decline that occurred in 2014. https://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htmBut at the end of the day, I don't know enough to be able to say what is or isn't the cause of the mass shootings unrelated to any other crime as a routine crime of passion. It just seems strange that the problem sort of showed up and started growing. It's like this creeping cultural contagion, and one that is unique to the United States for the past 40 years or so.It's like... what's different from other countries, and what's changed in the US that would cause this slow growth in something absolutely horrific?
(DIR) Post #AVT9PsRxzG8wOvyRl2 by toiletpaper@shitposter.club
2023-05-09T05:50:03.323377Z
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honestly, gun crime scare tactics are just smoke in mirrors. on the list of genuine threats to your life, even in the murder capitals of the usa it's somewhere near the very bottom. for instance in both canada and usa on average all gun related deaths of all kinds (including mass shooters) are still only 1/20 of the number of deaths annually from medical malpractice. if you exclude anything but homocides, then it's less than 1/100th. all the hype about guns and mass shooters is just a load of psychological manipulation to outrage the pearl clutchers and more easily herd the sheeple into their slaughter pens.
(DIR) Post #AVTWybxkk7pSeb2npY by Man4Love@mstdn.social
2023-05-09T06:59:24Z
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@stux I think, this happens because in a lot of the countries of the world (especially, in developing and under-developed countries) the leadership is comprised of and hence focus on protecting the interests of a specific community first and foremost which destroys diversity all round and the ability to discuss and solve different problems. For example, here, the #casteism_in_india allows for Brahmins and their associates to capture 2X-3X more seats in the bureaucracy, Judiciary, etc.
(DIR) Post #AVZQx445r3b2SJeHcO by mykeyb420@theblower.au
2023-05-12T06:34:42Z
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@stux i’ve been to Amsterdam four times, I love the fact that bicycles rule the roads.
(DIR) Post #AVjUvXUnwfeTs9O5VQ by punchybasterd@mastodon.social
2023-05-17T03:06:20Z
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@stux Lawyers need work.