Comment on We have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?

• jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s almost entirely that.

  When you have nearly no-one who wishes to commit such atrocities as a violent suicide, it doesn’t matter what tools are available for the job.

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• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And tbf Canadians don’t exactly have a reputation as being violent individuals. I believe the stereorype is “Sorry eh.”

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