Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings

theguardian.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

61–70 of 151 posts

Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings

#61

Post by throwawaysleep »

branon wrote: post #3

Cat's out of the bag on this one. You will never get all the guns back, not without running a very real risk of instigating civil war. Ms. Jackson Lee thinks the real cause of the problem is "guns, guns, guns" - I say it's criminals, criminals, criminals. Why's Texas have so many criminals willing to use firearms for evil?

You can slowly kill the gun culture over generations, both through legal restrictions and social ostracism of gun owners. Happy that my home country of Canada is becoming ever more anti gun.

Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings

#63

Post by giantg2 »

GoodDomainName wrote: post #31

[flagged]

You could compare the violent crime rare where you currently live to where you want to live. I would say that there are many other concerns to weigh than simply one dimension, be it this or any other. The overall cultural values are likely a better thing to look at and would be indicated by multiple topics.

Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings

#64

Post by WillPostForFood »

branon wrote: post #3

Cat's out of the bag on this one. You will never get all the guns back, not without running a very real risk of instigating civil war. Ms. Jackson Lee thinks the real cause of the problem is "guns, guns, guns" - I say it's criminals, criminals, criminals. Why's Texas have so many criminals willing to use firearms for evil?

Why's Texas have so many criminals

Texas isn't an outlier in crime. It ranks 21st in murder rate . 84% of the population is urban (15th most urban state). Dallas and Houston are the 4th and 5th largest metro areas in the country, and struggle with the same crime problem as other big metros like New York, LA, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta.

Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings

#65

Post by throwawaysleep »

wunderland wrote: post #24

More and more it seems the country is too corrupt to fix this problem. When will Americans realize they are not living in a democracy?

You are living in a democracy. Just one with conservatives who have not over the decades had any concern for the pile of bodies generated by a myriad of things (from AIDs to COVID to guns to healthcare to drugs) unless they could blame a Muslim.

Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings

#66

Post by dirtyid »

skyyler wrote: post #2

I can't put my finger on it precisely, but it feels like there are outside influences radicalizing people via social media with an ultimate goal of destabilizing the United States.

Or it's just cathartic to laugh at the king, even by the king's vassels (Guardian). Are foreign powers weaponizing US dysfunctional to undermine US society, sure. Are their collective impact remotely as effective as dysfunctional US media weaponizing said US dysunfction for views for massive domestic and international audiences, probably not. Past some point ground reality in US is doing most of the work, pressing these buttons by external forces is just filler work to pass the time. It's not even active measures to undermine US society at this point when US society is doing most of the undermining.

Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings

#69

Post by Bran_son »

stepbeek wrote: post #67
Bran_son wrote: post #62

[flagged]

Why the filter on race? And why are you comparing a rate in a subset of US population to the rate for the entire population in other countries? Edit: typo

If you can find per-capita homicide rates disaggregated by race in other countries, that would be most welcome.

Re: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings

#70

Post by linksnapzz »

GoodDomainName wrote: post #31

[flagged]

Sigh.

This is like Americans being terrified of living in Australia, b/c they've been convinced by Animal Planet that they'll be killed by venomous wildlife.

There are dangerous places, but everyone you are working with will quickly let you know where they are in your area, and you can avoid them.

Post reply on HN