You are also correct - SR
Other than banning bumpstocks - with which I agree, Open for constructive, effective ideas to stop the extremely rare incidents of mass shootings.
From Snopes-This means that on average, between 2009 and 2015, there was one death per year from a mass shooting for every 11 million people living in the United States.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/un...ath-shootings/
A very good article to read.
Originally Posted by oeb11
oeb, it is near impossible to stop mass killings, or the killings of about 17,000 in this country. It has less to do with guns than with the mentality of those committing the homicides. Some are just crazy. Others have no regard for human life.
We can try to make it harder for those with mental disorders to own guns but that is difficult. And it is so easy to say a better home life and education will cut down on homicides.
I just shake my head in disbelief when you compare the homicides in this country per capita with that in other countries.