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[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago (3 children)

wait so this happened outside the united states? O_O

[–] JimmieJam@lemm.ee 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yes, because bullying and shitty human behavior and mental health crises happen everywhere.

The big difference to take away from this incident is that this shooter had a handgun and there were "only" (still a fucking horror) a few people shot, vs in America where the shooter has body armor and assault rifles and dozens of people get shot.

I think the key factor here is that the shooter was 12 and incompetent. They're inferior to rifles but you can still kill a bunch of people with a handgun.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, because bullying and shitty human behavior and mental health crises happen everywhere.

Technically, yeah. But still ...

19 Countries with the Most School Shootings (total incidents Jan 2009-May 2018 - CNN:

United States — 288
Mexico — 8
South Africa — 6
Nigeria & Pakistan — 4
Afghanistan — 3
Brazil, Canada, France — 2
Azerbaijan, China, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kenya, Russia, & Turkey — 1