What is Causing the Shooting Sprees?

Question

There was another one today. Somebody shot highschoolers getting off a bus. What is causing so many of these shooting sprees in such a short period of time? People in Europe are quick to blame our right to bear arms, but here in the States we know that we have had that right for over 200 years, and have never seen anything quite like this.

Specifically, I am talking about the last 10 years or so.

Answer 1

Because the newspaper makes it in to such a big deal! These little losers are just trying to become famous. Ok! Ok! They just want some attention. ;) I would say that it is a cry for help, but they have a tendency to kill their selves.

Answer 2

I think part of it is the media. They reported the Ohama shootings with a lot of gusto, so they are doing the same for these because they know people will be interested. They don't report what doesn't interest people. I think things like this are more common than we think, but at certain times, they aren't reported on as much. It depends on what's already in the news, such as political issues and so on.

Remember that year there seemed to be so many shark attacks off the coasts of the US? There weren't any more than usual; they just got reported by the media more, and thus the public was suddenly terrified that the sharks were out to get them. I think it's the same kind of thing, unfortunately.

Answer 3

It has also been happening in Europe. Bombings in the Middle East have been up too and far outnumber shootings in the west. I think there are two main causes: doom and gloom media reporting giving people a sense of hopelessness and governments who have forgotten how to mind their own business internationally. The UN has been on a power grab for about ten years, the US tries to force third world countries to become Republics long before they are ready, governments label actions that happened a hundred years ago and that have two sides genocide, etc. In addition, response to terrorism has been weak until about six years ago fostering visions of victory in the terrorists, mass migrations have not been contested, etc. All of this adds up and some people just break. A lot of this ties into the rise of socialism in the west. We need to get back to the capitalism that worked so well before. When governments minded their own business, didn't make laws for every little thing, and left people alone - these things just did not happen very often.

Answer 4

Years ago I recall reading the work of some sociologist who showed a relationship between the levels of violence in a society when it's at peace versus when it's at war. Since 1991 (first Gulf war), the US has been involved in several wars and occupations, so maybe that's at the root of it.

Mix in a little anger over some of the repressive environments some educators feel is necessary to foist upon pubescent teens and young adults, and you've got a recipe for exactly these kinds of events.

Answer 5

hi, he's mentally unbalanced and is mad on the worldwide for some reason. issues from activity loss, financial problems to a marital wreck up could be piling up on him and an incident interior the well being middle could have been the straw that broke the camel's back. regrettably it fairly is confusing to legislate or take care of human beings from such insanity. Cheers, Michael Kelly

Answer 6

I believe the most significant culprit is the media. It's a way for someone to get attention (although negative attention, attention none the less) because they want their act to be plastered all over national news, whether they are dead or alive for the news coverage.

I do NOT believe it is due to our rights to bear arms.

After Australia banned guns, crime skyrocketed. Between 1996 and 2000, homicides are up 3.2 percent, assaults are up 8.6 percent, armed robberies have climbed nearly 45 percent, in the Australian state of Victoria, gun homicides have climbed 300 percent. (Source: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15304 )

When you take away guns, only the criminals have guns. And the criminals then *know* that the law-abiding citizens are unarmed and are easy pickings.

However, in Switzerland, gun ownership is very prevalent, yet they have a virtually non-existent crime rate.
(Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1566715.stm )
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Answer 7

its mostly spoiled rich white kids that dont get enough attention from mommy and daddy because there too focused on there own carreers. We should still have the right to bear arms its not like criminals are suddenly not going to have guns because the law says there not supposed to. People who try to blame video games and movies are just ignorant all races and play video games and watch violent movies but you only see white middle and upper class kids doing these shootings that should say something right there.

Answer 8

You can blame the person, you can blame Christmas, you can blame guns, you can blame bad parenting, you can blame videos games, you can blame the media, you can blame the schools, you can blame music, ultimately it doesn't matter. The reality is that it is happening more and more and children are dying and killing each other. Nothing will stop it, nothing will change it, it is becoming a norm and in 10 years society will be desensitized from it and stop giving a damn.

Answer 9

The answer is simple- Americans are idiots with guns-

they even let 5 year olds out into the woods with them shooting bears and deer which are going about their own natural business, for no other reason than "sport", then they get themselves and their disfuntional offspring on tv where they grin and smirk like lunatics escaped from the asylum at the tv cameras thinking how clever they are shooting a bear from the safety of being high up in a tree where the bear cant even see them.
And then you americans wonder why everyone seems to hate you? take a good hard look at yourselves in the mirror, but i doubt your bright enough to recognise the symptoms, not if some of your "geniuses" who think Europe is a country are anything to go by and dont even know where their own country is if you put a globe in front of them.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=5424861&ch=4226726&src=news

I hope grandpa and family are the next victims of a random shooting, but its doubtful that even a bullet in the head would kill them, there would have to be a brain in there first.
Idiots!!!

Answer 10

Society keeps progressing a such a rapid rate. Those who feel left behind or disenfranchised sometimes act out in this way. Most of them are mentally disturbed. If we took mental illness seriously in this country, then less of this would happen.