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Isn't it strange how the US has had formidable firearms freedoms for >200 years but mass shootings only became commonplace some ~30 years ago?
Doesn't Canada have better access to mental healthcare?
Hmmm I wonder why there weren't any mass shootings TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. What a ridiculous argument
Culture, politics, financial well being, careers, but also allowing the assault weapons ban to lapse in 2004.
Violent crime has actually decreased since that assault weapons ban ended.
Assault weapons were also still available to buy with high capacity magazines DURING the ban. It was completely ineffective actually.
Crazy thing is it's been 200 years since 200 years ago 🤯
Kinda hard to have a mass shooting with a flintlock.
Mmkay well they call it a 1911 because that was the year it was invented. What else ya got?
clearly it was all the good guys with guns stopping them.
...stopping whom?
potential shooters from 1911
Or maybe there just weren't any? Maybe mass shootings are a symptom of how fucked up our society has become?
yes, the society where beating your wife was a fact of life was certainly a normal one. all the lead in the air was good for your brain too! you know crime has gone down and only continues to drop, right? sorry, but the facts don't give a shit about your fear-mongering