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Basically this. No other country comes remotely close to the US on availability and ubiquity of guns.

tomrod 4y ago
Indeed. The causal model is simple and two factor: motivation, and access to firearms. If we reduced access to firearms, we can still work the motivation angle in a lot of ways, but have overall reduced gun violence. Other countries show that the offset increase in violence through other means would still be lower than current death rates.
freediver 4y ago
How does this explain the urge to kill innocent children? And where does it come from? It explains the means but not the motive. Uvalde shooter locked himself in a classroom than proceeded to kill 18 ten-year olds and their two teachers. Why?
- bryans 4y ago
  Based on what previous school shooters have said over the years, the reasoning is somewhat simple and obvious. They experience trauma at a particular time in their life, and once they've mentally broke, the most personally "relevant" target for their anger is a group of people similar to those who either caused the original trauma or were present at the time but "did nothing to help." It doesn't matter that they're not the exact same people, because it's very rarely about revenge against specific individuals, but instead a way to exert control over a situation or space that they associate with their earlier trauma. https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/mass-shootings-in-america-interviews https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/mass-shootings-in-amer...
- stackbutterflow 4y ago
  The urge may exist in some teenagers across the world. But they don't have the mean to. You can solve this problem either by fixing the urge to kill or make it impossible.
- astine 4y ago
  If one in every thousand Americans has a unique and unexplained mental illness that compels them to violence, that would provide more than enough explanation for motives. It's even true for some famous shooters. [1],[2],[3] 1. https://news.yahoo.com/psychiatrist-colorado-movie-gunman-thought-mental-hold-might-024609685.html https://news.yahoo.com/psychiatrist-colorado-movie-gunman-th... 2. https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/justice/sandy-hook-shooting-report/ https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/justice/sandy-hook-shooting-r... 3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107885790 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107885790
- scollet 4y ago
  Why and

Indeed. The causal model is simple and two factor: motivation, and access to firearms. If we reduced access to firearms, we can still work the motivation angle in a lot of ways, but have overall reduced gun violence. Other countries show that the offset increase in violence through other means would still be lower than current death rates.

freediver 4y ago

How does this explain the urge to kill innocent children? And where does it come from? It explains the means but not the motive. Uvalde shooter locked himself in a classroom than proceeded to kill 18 ten-year olds and their two teachers. Why?

bryans 4y ago
Based on what previous school shooters have said over the years, the reasoning is somewhat simple and obvious. They experience trauma at a particular time in their life, and once they've mentally broke, the most personally "relevant" target for their anger is a group of people similar to those who either caused the original trauma or were present at the time but "did nothing to help." It doesn't matter that they're not the exact same people, because it's very rarely about revenge against specific individuals, but instead a way to exert control over a situation or space that they associate with their earlier trauma. https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/mass-shootings-in-america-interviews https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/mass-shootings-in-amer...
stackbutterflow 4y ago
The urge may exist in some teenagers across the world. But they don't have the mean to. You can solve this problem either by fixing the urge to kill or make it impossible.
astine 4y ago
If one in every thousand Americans has a unique and unexplained mental illness that compels them to violence, that would provide more than enough explanation for motives. It's even true for some famous shooters. [1],[2],[3] 1. https://news.yahoo.com/psychiatrist-colorado-movie-gunman-thought-mental-hold-might-024609685.html https://news.yahoo.com/psychiatrist-colorado-movie-gunman-th... 2. https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/justice/sandy-hook-shooting-report/ https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/justice/sandy-hook-shooting-r... 3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107885790 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107885790
scollet 4y ago
Why and