National Mass Public Shootings are much higher in the rest of the world and increasing much more quickly

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New CPRC Research: Mass Public Shootings are much higher in the rest of the world and increasing much more quickly

Executive Summary The U.S. is well below the world average in terms of the number of mass public shootings, and the global increase over time has been much bigger than for the United States. Over t…

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[Dungannon]

Lot of multi-nation war zones and civil wars going on in quite a few of those countries.

 

[Wombat of Doom]

Yes, but France and Finland rank far higher and assuredly do not have declared civil wars I know about. You? And America does have gang wars which account for a lot of our murder rate.

 

[CaptJack]

True dat, And the US is supposed to be better than that.

CaptJack

Lot of multi-nation war zones and civil wars going on in quite a few of those countries.

 

[Stomper]

True dat, And the US is supposed to be better than that.

CaptJack

But, are we? Most of our "violence" is conducted in a "vicarious" manner through financial means and political regulations/favors, then when all else fails physical force... violence is violence, and the end results are often the same... destroyed lives.

 

[Jonnyuma]

Interesting information that will never see the light of day outside of our own echo chamber.

That's too bad too. Some people are so proud of their ignorance that they'll never shake loose of it.