this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2023
572 points (94.5% liked)
4chan
4088 readers
1 users here now
Greentexts, memes, everything 4chan.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
LOL, it's boolshit. Homicide is almost always from a person known to the victim, most violent crime is. Not like we're out here just randomly murdering strangers. Year after year, decade after decade, violent crime is down and down and down.
Gun violence? Not what the media shows us. Note that the leftmost numbers are from a very liberal news outlet, and those are the lowest figures.
School shootings? Not what you think. It's nighttime on a holiday week. If I go down to the local elementary playground and pop one in the ground at the soccer field, that's a school shooting. Seriously. You can Google it for yourself. Anytime a weapon is discharged on school grounds, "school shooting".
And keep in mind, "If it bleeds, it leads!". The media is showing us the very worst that a nation of 333,000,000 souls, across 3,797,000 square miles has to offer.
Depends on where you go; some places its easy to end up finding yourself in the wrong place, especially if you are unfamiliar with the area...
But yeah, school shootings?? it's not just some d-bags having target practice at night on the football field (unfortunately, rather than a pitch -- different story tho), kids die in school shootings here like every other week bud. It really does happen, like a lot, which is actually a pretty uniquely shitty thing in the world today (outside of e.g. the Congo, Chinese elementary schools, ...)
Pretty well thought-out hot take, though, cheers for the high-brow write-up.
FWIW, I'm a liberal gun nut, so I read a lot about these issues from both sides, though I shy away from the obviously partisan stuff.
As for finding yourself in the wrong place? How often has this happened to you? Was just laughing with a new coworker about how South Chicago ain't what it's made out to be. When I was young and dumb, I put myself in many dangerous parts of a few different towns. Had I been carrying a gun? Not sure I would have ever had occasion to draw it.
Got another unusual take; I'm middle-aged and have small children. Just saying, I'm not about to downplay school shootings, but at the same time, I've been around the block.
Yes, for first world countries, it's a uniquely shitty thing, no doubt. Didn't use to happen, and we Americans have always had ass loads of guns. Columbine kicked it off. Lots to talk about there.
But here's the internet's most anti-gun advocates proving my point:
Exactly as I said. Here's the latest "shooting" I found - 12/05/23. Someone shot a cop on school grounds. While I'm no fan of the police, that sort of thing isn't what we're all thinking of when we hear "school shooting".
Kinda weird that you threw China in though, where civilians can't own weapons. And saying that school shootings happen "a lot"? That makes me think you're reacting from emotions and not facts, reacting to news stories, ya know the "bleeds = leads" thing, and not facts. That and the snarky finish.
Also, Chicago like NYC has become a lot "safer" in many areas due to cameras, "proactive" policing, etc. Come to Detroit sometime, we don't have money yet for "cool" stuff like that. See what kind of a difference it makes lol. Even back in the day, Chicago and Detroit went back and forth as the murder capitals of the US (NYC got in there too a lot). Those numbers weren't just relatively high, they were absolutely just high on their own. Just because you never had trouble yourself, doesn't mean... Blah blah blah. Happy New Year btw