Guns and mental health
There’s no denying the stats about the sheer volume of guns in America. Setting that aside, overwhelmingly, the individuals who commit these crimes are to varying degrees mentally ill, and typically dispossessed. Why do we not have conversations about mental health in these situations? It seems to overlap with the broader mental health crisis in America and it would seem that mental health in general is the root problem drawing people toward committing these crimes.
Why does the U.S. have so many mass shooting mass events?
When mass shooting events happen in the U.S. there is always talk about gun control. mental health, divisive media, lack of opportunity etc, all of which I am sure play a role. What I would like to hear your opinions on, is why the U.S. has so many of these events, and so much violence in general, compared to other Western Democracies, in particular I would use the example of Canada - which is also a more modern country, lacking the centuries long social ties found in Europe, and which is also a very diverse country, welcoming record numbers of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers every year. While the Canadian population (of which I am a member) is much smaller, we import much of your culture and are similar in many ways - why is it that we are not seeing our citizens take up arms towards each other at any where near the same rates as we so tragically see in U.S. all too often? Are there lessons to be drawn from our culture, society and governance, that could be of use to the U.S.?