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Originally posted by Shaiker
I am hearing people shout about gun control but mass shooting has not been an issue for very long. People in the USA have been armed from day one. Guns are not the problem but what is?
Linky
The United States experienced 645 mass-murder events -- killings with at least four victims -- from 1976 to 2010, according to Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox. When graphed, these incidents show no obvious trend. The numbers go up and down and up again. The total body count: 2,949.
once we lose the pretentious perceptions of perfection, then and only then will we be that which we are designed to be.
www.lectlaw.com...
PRETENTION
French law. The claim made to a thing which a party believes himself entitled to demand, but which is not admitted or adjudged to be his.
The words rights, actions and pretensions, are usually joined, not that they are synonymous, for right is something positive and certain, action is what is demanded, while pretention is sometimes not even accompanied by a demand.
Originally posted by unityemissions
They're not doing anything out of the ordinary for a country with so many people.
Linky
The United States experienced 645 mass-murder events -- killings with at least four victims -- from 1976 to 2010, according to Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox. When graphed, these incidents show no obvious trend. The numbers go up and down and up again. The total body count: 2,949.
645 / (2010-1976) = 18.97 mass murders per year, or over 1.5 per month.
The question SHOULD be, why is the media choosing to highlight each of these with such intensity right now
Follow up question: Why are so many ATS members falling for this event as if it's somehow a new phenomena or outside of the historic norm??
edit on 6-8-2012 by unityemissions because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by dreampsi
Our brains are electrical. I believe that some cosmic issue is partially to blame. Something such as the way the planets are moving, some issue with the sun or the position we are moving into as we approach the galactic center. Maybe there is some sort of electrical charge in this cloud we are supposedly moving through.
The other part is that people are losing everything and are depressed more than ever feeling like they have nothing left so they want to take people with them. At times I think I feel "the tug"on my brain, as well.