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Our first mass shooting in a couple of decades, the last one being a madman in a remote town with a gun, and our initial responses are: - arrests - suppressio
by zapzupnz 8y ago
Our first mass shooting in a couple of decades, the last one being a madman in a remote town with a gun, and our initial responses are:
- arrests
- suppression of objectionable materials that could stoke the fires and cause more deaths, possibly from copy-cats
- identity suppression so that the killer will not be martyred
- a huge focus on the victims
- a swift change of gun laws
As opposed to the US, where it would be:
- thoughts and prayers
- "We should change gun laws. Not us, though, we want to get re-elected!" ~ President
- the killer's name and photo plastered over every newspaper, television, and website
- tropo 8y agoA swift change in the gun laws is very interesting when you know more of the story. At the first mosque, somebody ran to get a gun for defense. They dissuaded the attacker, firing a couple shots at him, sending him fleeing. With different gun laws, the law-abiding person could not have done that. The attacker would of course be unlikely to follow the law.