How many mass shootings?

I was going to ask what change you were hoping for, but I see that someone else has asked that and you said you would like to see us go back to once again being shocked by mass killings. So I guess the answer would be if killings once again became more rare.

Though I know that some, perhaps many, people here disagree with me about this, I personally am tired of seeing people blame guns for this. I know, if guns didn't exist, people couldn't shoot each other. But guns are here to stay. No laws are going to get rid of them, and criminals would just obtain them illegally anyway (and some probably already do). The thing that some people seem to forget is that guns are nothing new in America. They've been around since the days of the old west. But mass shootings are somewhat more new. So what happened? Is anyone actually interested in looking at the real causes of violence? (This includes bombings and other types of murders as well, by the way). Some things that are relatively new would include: Certain psychiatric medications that may have negative and possibly dangerous side effects. The general cheapening of human life, caused by society's acceptance of many things that were not considered socially acceptable 50 years ago. And possibly some other things that a lot of people aren't comfortable talking about.

Bottom line: We need to dig deep and find the real cause of the problem, and do something about that. Trying to ban guns is actually a distraction from this, not an honest effort to prevent more killings.

One more thing: Whenever people react to a shooting by saying this is yet another example of why guns need to be outlawed, I can't help feeling as though the deaths of those people who have been killed are being exploited to promote a political agenda. How much do we actually hear about those people who were killed? Do we even remember their names? Does anyone actually care about what the world lost when they died? Or are they more interested in using their deaths as ammunition in their fight to ban guns? It kind of disgusts me. If we do care about those people, and others whose lives might be lost, then I hope that people can start focusing on the real cause of the problem (what caused certain people to become killers), so more lives won't be lost - if people really care about that. But then, life is cheap. Those people who have been killed are apparently just numbers, to some anyway. 🤷‍♀️☹️

Sorry for the extra long response. Those are just my thoughts on the subject.

I think the solution (it one exists) needs to be a bipartisan multi tiered approach. Personally I believe guns need to go. I have never liked them. But we also have to stop the person behind the attacks. This would mean several things in the long run but to start:
1. News media on the right, left, libertarian, socialist, and all other ideologies need to stop inciting anger and fear into mankind. The Shooter IS the Villan. But how much hate disseminates from 24hr news cycles?
2. Mental health needs to be seen as a positive thing. Not a negative thing. We should encourage good social behavior in school not just State testing common core BS.
3. Gun permits SHOULD stay in the hands of ppl of good character. But also
4. Guns should be fingerprint compatible. 1 person should fire 1 gun. That way we KNOW who the shooter is and a good person’s gun is not used by his or her crazed friend relative.
5. We need to value our communities more. We have grown so isolationist that we only converse with our world when we have to. And we tend to hate our neighbors vs love our neighbors.
6. Politicians themselves have to tone down the rhetoric. And for now 7. We need families to love again.

Idealistic, unrealistic I know but we need to heal our society by doing what we can for each other.

If Sandy Hook couldn't force a change then I don't know what will.

The change occurred. There were virtually 0 mass shootings before the loss of community. Before family unity became a dirty word. Before faith in God became absurd.

You wanted this. You asked for this. You are only getting what you want.

You made your beds.

Well someone dies every 6 seconds from repeat Drunk drivers and no one has put control on sale of alcohol to repeat DUI offenders! You can't stop the hatred in peoples hearts by controlling innocent gun owners just like you can't keep repeat DUI drivers off the road by controlling my beer intake!

There is no number. We love our guns much more than we do our children. That has been proven with Sandy Hook, Parkland; just two of the most prolific school shootings with 28 & 17 deaths, respectively. In other countries, 1 mass shooting was enough to implement major changes. We’ve had something like 334 per year since 2014 and are really no closer to any significant changes. So based upon the actions of our government, we must not consider it important.

Society refuses to see the problems and wishes only to blame the guns.

No such thing as normal since things are constantly changing and eveolving. Have we become numb to it? Probably. But the remedies proposed are not fair or reasonable to law abiding citizens. Discussions will continue to be had but I don't see any true resolution.

Anyone with a gun can decide to go off at any given time. This is fact.

What change, take away our freedom?

How many people have been killed on the road in traffic accidents, drug deaths

Profit over safety.

what change "in society" are you looking for?

Something should have been done when 20 kids were murdered at Sandy Hook. But since that didn’t cause a change nothing will.

Aren't there mass shootings every week. Chicago, Baltimore, etc?

I am numb to it. I can't care. Maybe I will die.

Yea it is unfortunate the land that we call the USA - is made up of and filled with garbage from every corner of the world. So I do understand how the filthy peasants from shithole countries would bring their violent ways to America. Its really too bad.

Sometimes I hate England (Britain) we're in a mess and our government is awful.
But I'm really thankful we have strict gun laws.

Not much we can do about it

It's averaging 2 a day now... There is no limit!

Better parenting and less media coverage would help but you'll never see changes in those two aspects, so we deal with it