10 Reasons U.S. has so Many Mass Shootings
There is a rather strange paradox emerging in the United States. While overall violent crime rates are lower than ever, the number of active shooter events – where a person is trying to kill several people in an area that is populated – seem to be increasing at a steady rate.
It has also been discovered that the U.S. only contains about five percent of the population of the world, but 31 percent of the mass shooters in the world. According to researchers, the reasons for these numbers is quite complex, but
some of the information suggests that the obsession Americans have with fame and the wide availability of guns may be partly to blame.Regardless of what is to blame for mass shootings in the United States, there is one thing for sure, each time some type of mass shooting occurs, things turn decidedly more political – at least for a while. On one end of this spectrum the liberals are decrying gun laws as the reason for these mass homicides, while the conservatives are pointing their fingers toward violent video games and movies. Both sides turn that into an excuse that tops all other excuses – the issue is related to the state of these person’s mental health.
So, what really causes these mass shootings? As stated, there are a number of popular and unpopular opinions. The top 10 that seem to be the main reasons that people believe there are so many shootings can be found here.
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