Americans are not more mentally ill than Europeans. The obvious difference is access to weapons. Restrict the tools these killers use.
The issue being presented in the comment you replied to is that someone was supoosed to take the perpatrator’s firearms away because of their mental health issue. Nobody did. It doesn’t matter one bit if something is against the law if nobody enforces it.
My point is that the obvious difference is access to weapons in the US as compared to other countries. There are too many weapons floating around and they are too easy to gain access to. If he didn’t have access to weapons, he wouldn’t be able to use firearms in a mass shooting. No guns = no gun violence.
I was hoping you had a solution to getting all the guns from everyone that doesn’t involve sending provably unstable and stupid armed people (police) from door to door across the entire US to collect them.
The issue being presented in the comment you replied to is that someone was supoosed to take the perpatrator’s firearms away because of their mental health issue. Nobody did. It doesn’t matter one bit if something is against the law if nobody enforces it.
My point is that the obvious difference is access to weapons in the US as compared to other countries. There are too many weapons floating around and they are too easy to gain access to. If he didn’t have access to weapons, he wouldn’t be able to use firearms in a mass shooting. No guns = no gun violence.
I was hoping you had a solution to getting all the guns from everyone that doesn’t involve sending provably unstable and stupid armed people (police) from door to door across the entire US to collect them.
Here’s a good stating point:
What the U.S Can Learn from Countries Where Cops Are Unarmed
We absolutely need to disarm the cops.