10 Reasons U.S. has so Many Mass Shootings

10 Reasons U.S. has so Many Mass Shootings
10 Reasons U.S. has so Many Mass Shootings

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.

10The Copycat Phenomenon

Mass shootings occur every 64 days in the US.

9The Desire for Fame

Some sickos just want to be famous.

8Mental Illness

Mental illness plays a huge role in our mass shooter epidemic

7Gun Laws

The AR-15. As American as baseball and apple pie.

6Access to Guns

These are just my walking around guns.

5Parents

Single family homes and mass shooting go hand-in-hand

4President Barrack Obama

President Obama has an intimate knowledge of our failures and his to prevent gun violence.

3Gun Manufacturers

There’s just too much money to made. Money over lives every time.

2The Media

The Mass Media loves gun violence. If it bleeds in leads.

1Psychiatric Medications

Prescription drugs part of the problem… Maybe.