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originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
Yep. But we have a MUCH bigger problem than one school protest not being supervised properly.
We may.
And id hazard a guess that they are both rooted in the same issue: mental derangement.
originally posted by: kaylaluv
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
Yep. But we have a MUCH bigger problem than one school protest not being supervised properly.
We may.
And id hazard a guess that they are both rooted in the same issue: mental derangement.
Sure, I’ll go for that. Mental derangement, as in, the general obsession with guns. We have a gun culture unlike any other country in the world - and it shows, with all the mass shootings we have.
According to criminologist Christian Pfeiffer, the 2009 Winnenden massacre was Germany’s last mass shooting, defined as four or more people killed in a public place, before a mass shooting took place in Munich in July 2016.
The 18-year-old perpetrator in Munich killed nine other people, and was reportedly obsessed with mass killers like Norwegian far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik: The shooting occurred on the same day as Breivik's attacks five years before.
Other rampage shootings in recent years have resulted in fewer than four deaths, such as in 2015 when a man shot dead two people in what appeared to be random killings.
Meanwhile, as of March 2017, the US has had more than 60 shootings that killed or injured at least four people, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
But even given the relatively high amount of guns in the country, Germany has one of the lowest rates of gun-related deaths each year, according to international GunPolicy.org research by the University of Sydney.
Over the past 20 years, “crimes against life” - which include murder as well as negligent manslaughter - that involve guns have dropped from 783 in 1995 to 130 in 2015, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
Of those crimes in 2015, just 57 were intentional murders.
This pales in comparison to the rates in the US, where firearm homicides surpass 11,000 people killed each year or roughly 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people, according to GunPolicy.org.
In Germany, that rate barely reaches 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people.
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
You want to pretend we don’t have a problem with gun violence in this country? Okay. Are you one of the people who claim that mass school shootings are such rare events that we don’t really need to worry about them? Can I quote you on that - for verschickter?
I would venture to guess that it is a combination of stricter gun laws and a different gun culture that helps to keep Germany’s gun violence so much lower than the U.S.
originally posted by: verschickter
I already proofed to you, stricter weapon laws DO NOT change anything to the better, at least not in Germany. And we have the strictest laws here, you need to see a psychologist if you´re under 25 and applying.
Over the past 20 years, “crimes against life” - which include murder as well as negligent manslaughter - that involve guns have dropped from 783 in 1995 to 130 in 2015, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
Children are scared to go to school because they are afraid they will be shot. That is the point of these protests.
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
The kids WANT to protest. It’s their way of speaking out. They WANT to be heard.
All the other things you listed are also being looked at. By the adults.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
The kids WANT to protest. It’s their way of speaking out. They WANT to be heard.
All the other things you listed are also being looked at. By the adults.
Kids want candy for dinner too.
Kids today are scared of everything,riding motorcycles,fist fights,being politically incorrect and being told facts that they weren't taught in school. Mostly it`s their parents and teachers fault,I feel sorry for these kids who are being raised to fear everything.There is no such thing as a safe space,the only way something can`t cause you harm is to be dead,quit being afraid and live your lives,get out and meet people who you are different from and try to see their point of view instead of being told what to think.
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
Children are scared to go to school because they are afraid they will be shot. That is the point of these protests.