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Yet most of these killers choose guns. The fact that this 18 year old kid was able to order so much ammunition online is so ridiculous

robswc 4y ago
>Yet most of these killers choose guns. Because most of these killers aren't trying to kill as many people as possible. They're trying to get attention and "revenge" on society. I'm convinced Columbine literally started this whole thing, due to the way society views it. >The fact that this 18 year old kid was able to order so much ammunition online is so ridiculous Sure... but I still don't believe this 18 year old kid would have just given up on his plan to seek revenge. What would stop him from ordering or acquiring a machete and doing essentially the same thing? There was a knife attack in Japan that left and equal amount of people dead. https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/world/japan-knife-attack-deaths/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/world/japan-knife-attack-deat... I honestly believe that tighter gun laws would reduce gun deaths... but I think its disingenuous to suggest they would prevent these mass killings or even meaningfully reduce the amount of deaths. Shown in my other comment, other and arguably even easier methods have proven to kill more people.
- jjeaff 4y ago
  They are trying to kill as many people as possible. For the reasons you mentioned. "attention and revenge". More kills, more attention and revenge. An. But I agree with you that there may be some kind of media/ copy cat component. But what doesn't make since with that theory is that in today's global communications, why is it so much more in the US.
- robofanatic 4y ago
  > Because most of these killers aren't trying to kill as many people as possible. I don’t understand, this kid just killed 21 4th grade kids!! I agree that there are other affective methods of mass killing but then why don’t we see them happening more often all over the world. You keep pointing at these one off incidents.
- robofanatic 4y ago
  > but I still don't believe this 18 year old kid would have just given up on his plan to seek revenge. What would stop him from ordering or acquiring a machete and doing essentially the same thing? Nothing stopped him from acquiring any of that but still he waited for his 18th birthday so that he could legally buy guns. If it was made difficult for him to buy guns then probably he would have just dreamt about it and over time given up on it. Most 18 year olds are technically adults but still very very stupid and have no control over their emotions.

robswc 4y ago

>Yet most of these killers choose guns. Because most of these killers aren't trying to kill as many people as possible. They're trying to get attention and "revenge" on society. I'm convinced Columbine literally started this whole thing, due to the way society views it. >The fact that this 18 year old kid was able to order so much ammunition online is so ridiculous Sure... but I still don't believe this 18 year old kid would have just given up on his plan to seek revenge. What would stop him from ordering or acquiring a machete and doing essentially the same thing? There was a knife attack in Japan that left and equal amount of people dead. https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/world/japan-knife-attack-deaths/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/world/japan-knife-attack-deat... I honestly believe that tighter gun laws would reduce gun deaths... but I think its disingenuous to suggest they would prevent these mass killings or even meaningfully reduce the amount of deaths. Shown in my other comment, other and arguably even easier methods have proven to kill more people.

jjeaff 4y ago
They are trying to kill as many people as possible. For the reasons you mentioned. "attention and revenge". More kills, more attention and revenge. An. But I agree with you that there may be some kind of media/ copy cat component. But what doesn't make since with that theory is that in today's global communications, why is it so much more in the US.
robofanatic 4y ago
> Because most of these killers aren't trying to kill as many people as possible. I don’t understand, this kid just killed 21 4th grade kids!! I agree that there are other affective methods of mass killing but then why don’t we see them happening more often all over the world. You keep pointing at these one off incidents.
robofanatic 4y ago
> but I still don't believe this 18 year old kid would have just given up on his plan to seek revenge. What would stop him from ordering or acquiring a machete and doing essentially the same thing? Nothing stopped him from acquiring any of that but still he waited for his 18th birthday so that he could legally buy guns. If it was made difficult for him to buy guns then probably he would have just dreamt about it and over time given up on it. Most 18 year olds are technically adults but still very very stupid and have no control over their emotions.