Contrary to What The TV is Telling You, There Are Fewer School Shooting Now Vs. the 1990s
Now that I have several children, I’m often in the company of other parents who talk about the way things “used to be.” When the issue of child safety comes up, I hear parents sadly shake their heads and say things like “it’s not like it was when we were kids…the world is so much more dangerous now.”
Usually, the sentiment behind this idea is that there are more murders now than there used to be.
Now, I’m not exactly known for being a Pollyanna, but I am willing to admit when things are not, in fact, getting worse.
And when it comes to things like homicides, there is no evidence that things are getting worse. It is indeed true that things aren’t like they were “when we were kids,” but that’s a good thing. There were far more homicides in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s than there are today. Things were even worse than that during the 1970s. In fact, the homicide rate in the US was cut in half between 1991 and 2014. And while the homicide rate has inched up over the past two years, it is nowhere near where it was “when we were kids.”
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Fact is that the US have a freaking problem. When some 20,000 die by guns each year, murder, self inflicted and accidents, then you have a problem.
It happens no where else in the world.
Other countries have banned guns after shootings. Australia introduced strict gun laws after the shootings in 1996 and 2001, and UK did it after the horrible school shooting in Dunblane in 1996. Look at those countries and see what has happened to gun related deaths!
Fact is that it is too easy for people to buy guns here in the US, and way too many should not have them. There are responsible folks out there, who can own guns, but when the US can’t take care of people who needs help, and allow them to buy guns, you are going to have a problem on your hands.
It doesn’t really matter how many gun deaths you have, or if it is in decline. The only fact that matters is that you keep having homicides by guns and the government refuses to do jack-all about it. It is fucked up in so many ways.
But I guess it is more important to focus on trying to illegalize abortion, prevent gay marriages and generally push a fucked up conservative agenda.
I use to shoot at School twice a week and the School provided the Gun and Ammo. I was on the Small Bore Rifle Team. Every Wednesday we would practice in the Cafeteria and on Saturday's we had Shooting Matches in the Cafeteria. We used training versions of the 1903 Springfield's. Which was an Assault Rifle in WW I.
This is the Rifle we used. We had an Armory in the Jr. High. We never even thought of shooting anyone. During my lifetime I have seen a Mental Shift in this country. That is scary.
https://youtu.be/YpQmVGaDUQk
https://youtu.be/kOc23X5IeEM
This is the way I use to play as a kid, see the kids at the 1:00 mark, me and my friends used to play like that. If kids tried to do what I did as a kid, they would be shot by SWAT.
https://youtu.be/reeWHLqedIw
Youtube even puts a warning on this video of TV Commercials from the 60's. The World is whacked out.
This is the way we played,
https://youtu.be/l8fU3_VMeL8
Gus were everywhere. I bought my first Gun over the counter at K-Mart at 16. When I was 16, all my friends had guns. Me and my friends would load up the car and go shooting for the weekend, just us, at 16. It just blows my mind what we have turned into.
