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India has 4 times the population of US and I've never heard or read about a school shooting or a mass shooting. There is way worse poverty, mental illness, lawl

India has 4 times the population of US and I've never heard or read about a school shooting or a mass shooting. There is way worse poverty, mental illness, lawlessness, corruption at every level in India. The only difference is easy access to guns. Not sure why it's so difficult for gun worshippers in US to understand this.

deltree7 4y ago
What about statistics about rape, violence, thefts, invasions, random-beating-up? If the victims of these crimes had guns(or threat of having a gun), what would the statistics look like?
- greatwhitenorth 4y ago
  The security guard with the gun at the school couldn't even stop the shooter in the recent shooting and got killed. Same with the security guard in the Buffalo shooting. Someone with multiple AR-15s is still going to murder your whole family.
throwawaylinux 4y ago
Why would you claim India is almost identical to the USA except for this one variable (which seems like a laughable simplification anyway), and not, say, El Salvador or Serbia? Seems like a classic case of searching for data that confirms your opinion.
- greatwhitenorth 4y ago
  Seems like you're incapable of comprehension and searching for something that I never said.
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
    I'm not, you clearly claimed that access to guns was the only difference between USA and India. > The only difference is easy access to guns.
    - greatwhitenorth 4y ago
      You missed the other part, try reading.
      - throwawaylinux 4y ago
        No I didn't. You're unwilling to explain why you chose India, and unable to accept the data from other countries that invalidates your simplistic "theory". Well, at least now you understand how people can hold on to beliefs despite easily available data which contradicts them.
        greatwhitenorth 4y ago
        You clearly don't understand. Well, I hope you at least now understand how people can hold on to their biases that will make them not read and comprehend.
colechristensen 4y ago
India: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_India China, with knives: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/09/china/china-knife-attacks-mic-intl-hnk/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/09/china/china-knife-attacks... These things happen everywhere, aren’t necessarily reported in the same way. One part of why they are so prevalent in America is how each event becomes such a cultural focus, half of what I’ve seen on social media has been people posting about this event. Perpetuating the idea by giving it such attention must be part of the cause that people go out and do these things.
- greatwhitenorth 4y ago
  What about first world nations like Australia, New Zealand? They too are not reported in the same way?
  - colechristensen 4y ago
    Australia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_major_crimes_in_Australia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_major_crimes_in_... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10629425/amp/Everyones-carrying-knives-Stabbings-surge-Victoria-young-people-arm-up.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10629425/amp/Everyo... > Stabbings have never been worse or more brutal, police say, as Australian hospitals struggle to cope with an emerging 'knife culture' amongst young men. There are certainly differences in rates, but these things happen everywhere.
    - greatwhitenorth 4y ago
      If I tell you nuclear weapons should be eliminated from the world as they're dangerous and can wipe off cities, are you going to come back with statistics about how tanks kill people? Your arguments are exactly that.
- MisterBastahrd 4y ago
  Yet they aren't a cultural focus. How many mass shootings have taken place in the US this year? 10? 20? Try 213. 243 deaths, 922 injuries. This month? 44 mass shootings. 61 deaths, 219 injured. These things don't happen everywhere. They happen here because guns make them easy. People hate facts and so they pretend that everyone has the same problems.
jstream67 4y ago
"There is way worse poverty, mental illness, lawlessness, corruption at every level in India. The only difference is easy access to guns." Sounds like we should keep the guns ??
- greatwhitenorth 4y ago
  Your comprehension skills are extra ordinary, keep the guns.
known 4y ago

deltree7 4y ago

What about statistics about rape, violence, thefts, invasions, random-beating-up? If the victims of these crimes had guns(or threat of having a gun), what would the statistics look like?

greatwhitenorth 4y ago
The security guard with the gun at the school couldn't even stop the shooter in the recent shooting and got killed. Same with the security guard in the Buffalo shooting. Someone with multiple AR-15s is still going to murder your whole family.

throwawaylinux 4y ago

Why would you claim India is almost identical to the USA except for this one variable (which seems like a laughable simplification anyway), and not, say, El Salvador or Serbia? Seems like a classic case of searching for data that confirms your opinion.

greatwhitenorth 4y ago
Seems like you're incapable of comprehension and searching for something that I never said.
- throwawaylinux 4y ago
  I'm not, you clearly claimed that access to guns was the only difference between USA and India. > The only difference is easy access to guns.
  - greatwhitenorth 4y ago
    You missed the other part, try reading.
    - throwawaylinux 4y ago
      No I didn't. You're unwilling to explain why you chose India, and unable to accept the data from other countries that invalidates your simplistic "theory". Well, at least now you understand how people can hold on to beliefs despite easily available data which contradicts them.
      - greatwhitenorth 4y ago
        You clearly don't understand. Well, I hope you at least now understand how people can hold on to their biases that will make them not read and comprehend.

colechristensen 4y ago

India: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_India China, with knives: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/09/china/china-knife-attacks-mic-intl-hnk/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/09/china/china-knife-attacks... These things happen everywhere, aren’t necessarily reported in the same way. One part of why they are so prevalent in America is how each event becomes such a cultural focus, half of what I’ve seen on social media has been people posting about this event. Perpetuating the idea by giving it such attention must be part of the cause that people go out and do these things.

greatwhitenorth 4y ago
What about first world nations like Australia, New Zealand? They too are not reported in the same way?
- colechristensen 4y ago
  Australia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_major_crimes_in_Australia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_major_crimes_in_... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10629425/amp/Everyones-carrying-knives-Stabbings-surge-Victoria-young-people-arm-up.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10629425/amp/Everyo... > Stabbings have never been worse or more brutal, police say, as Australian hospitals struggle to cope with an emerging 'knife culture' amongst young men. There are certainly differences in rates, but these things happen everywhere.
  - greatwhitenorth 4y ago
    If I tell you nuclear weapons should be eliminated from the world as they're dangerous and can wipe off cities, are you going to come back with statistics about how tanks kill people? Your arguments are exactly that.
MisterBastahrd 4y ago
Yet they aren't a cultural focus. How many mass shootings have taken place in the US this year? 10? 20? Try 213. 243 deaths, 922 injuries. This month? 44 mass shootings. 61 deaths, 219 injured. These things don't happen everywhere. They happen here because guns make them easy. People hate facts and so they pretend that everyone has the same problems.

jstream67 4y ago

"There is way worse poverty, mental illness, lawlessness, corruption at every level in India. The only difference is easy access to guns." Sounds like we should keep the guns ??

greatwhitenorth 4y ago
Your comprehension skills are extra ordinary, keep the guns.

known 4y ago