Robert ReichMass shootings in the US:
2014: 273
2015: 336
2016: 383
2017: 348
2018: 336
2019: 417
2020: 610
2021: 690
2022: 647
In the first seven weeks of 2023: 67
We do not have to live like this. No other country on the planet does.
Bruce Johnson ✅@rbreich To be fair, no other country on the planet faces the challenges to NOT live like this that the US does. Most countries don't have reverence for weaponry enshrined in their constitution. And, for good or bad, that limits the options that the US has to address mass shootings. I'm not convinced there's a reasonable suggestion for improvement that doesn't immediately run afoul of 2A, before even considering whether there would be sufficient political will to implement.
Janne@LACanuck @rbreich There are a lot of civilian guns in the world: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country
Finland has a full quarter of the US number of guns per capita.
There are not a lot of shootings. Once in a decade, maybe.
There's something really perverse going on, probably not having do with possible constitutional interpretation of individual right to bear arms.
Tom Moberg@janvenetor @LACanuck @rbreich I happily live in a country with less then 5 guns per civilian according to these wiki figures and shooting incidents rarely break the news, fortunately. Best of luck on improving the situation in the USA. Greetings from Poland