The United States is, by a long shot, the global leader in mass
shootings, claiming just 5% of the global population but an outsized
share -- 31% -- of the world's mass shooters since 1966, a new study
finds.

The Philippines, Russia, Yemen and France -- all countries that can
claim a substantial share of the 291 documented mass shootings between
1966 and 2012 -- collectively didn't even come close to the United
States.

And what makes the United States such a fertile incubator for mass
shooters? A comprehensive analysis of the perpetrators, their motives
and the national contexts for their actions suggests that several
factors have conspired to create in the United States a potent medium
for fostering large-scale murder.

You think mass shootings are happening all the time? They are more
frequent, data show
You think mass shootings are happening all the time? They are more
frequent, data show
Those factors include a chronic and widespread gap between Americans'
expectations for themselves and their actual achievement, Americans'
adulation of fame, and the extent of gun ownership in the United
States.

Set those features against a circumstance the United States shares
with many other countries -- a backdrop of poorly managed mental
illness -- and you have a uniquely volatile brew, the new study says.

http://www.latimes.com/science/scien...824-story.html

jps wrote:
The United States is, by a long shot, the global leader in mass
shootings, claiming just 5% of the global population but an outsized
share -- 31% -- of the world's mass shooters since 1966, a new study
finds.

The Philippines, Russia, Yemen and France -- all countries that can
claim a substantial share of the 291 documented mass shootings between
1966 and 2012 -- collectively didn't even come close to the United
States.

And what makes the United States such a fertile incubator for mass
shooters? A comprehensive analysis of the perpetrators, their motives
and the national contexts for their actions suggests that several
factors have conspired to create in the United States a potent medium
for fostering large-scale murder.

You think mass shootings are happening all the time? They are more
frequent, data show
You think mass shootings are happening all the time? They are more
frequent, data show
Those factors include a chronic and widespread gap between Americans'
expectations for themselves and their actual achievement, Americans'
adulation of fame, and the extent of gun ownership in the United
States.

Set those features against a circumstance the United States shares
with many other countries -- a backdrop of poorly managed mental
illness -- and you have a uniquely volatile brew, the new study says.

http://www.latimes.com/science/scien...824-story.html

Hell, you left out most of Africa and the Middle East. Must be the
training psychologists get which causes so,much violence by mental,cases.

On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:30:03 -0500, Califbill billnews wrote:

jps wrote:
The United States is, by a long shot, the global leader in mass
shootings, claiming just 5% of the global population but an outsized
share -- 31% -- of the world's mass shooters since 1966, a new study
finds.

The Philippines, Russia, Yemen and France -- all countries that can
claim a substantial share of the 291 documented mass shootings between
1966 and 2012 -- collectively didn't even come close to the United
States.

And what makes the United States such a fertile incubator for mass
shooters? A comprehensive analysis of the perpetrators, their motives
and the national contexts for their actions suggests that several
factors have conspired to create in the United States a potent medium
for fostering large-scale murder.

You think mass shootings are happening all the time? They are more
frequent, data show
You think mass shootings are happening all the time? They are more
frequent, data show
Those factors include a chronic and widespread gap between Americans'
expectations for themselves and their actual achievement, Americans'
adulation of fame, and the extent of gun ownership in the United
States.

Set those features against a circumstance the United States shares
with many other countries -- a backdrop of poorly managed mental
illness -- and you have a uniquely volatile brew, the new study says.

http://www.latimes.com/science/scien...824-story.html

Hell, you left out most of Africa and the Middle East. Must be the
training psychologists get which causes so,much violence by mental,cases.

Those 'mass shootings' don't count. The only ones that count are the ones that
support the author's anti-gun position.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

On 8/25/15 6:34 AM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:30:03 -0500, Califbill billnews wrote:

jps wrote:
The United States is, by a long shot, the global leader in mass
shootings, claiming just 5% of the global population but an outsized
share -- 31% -- of the world's mass shooters since 1966, a new study
finds.

The Philippines, Russia, Yemen and France -- all countries that can
claim a substantial share of the 291 documented mass shootings between
1966 and 2012 -- collectively didn't even come close to the United
States.

And what makes the United States such a fertile incubator for mass
shooters? A comprehensive analysis of the perpetrators, their motives
and the national contexts for their actions suggests that several
factors have conspired to create in the United States a potent medium
for fostering large-scale murder.

You think mass shootings are happening all the time? They are more
frequent, data show
You think mass shootings are happening all the time? They are more
frequent, data show
Those factors include a chronic and widespread gap between Americans'
expectations for themselves and their actual achievement, Americans'
adulation of fame, and the extent of gun ownership in the United
States.

Set those features against a circumstance the United States shares
with many other countries -- a backdrop of poorly managed mental
illness -- and you have a uniquely volatile brew, the new study says.

http://www.latimes.com/science/scien...824-story.html

Hell, you left out most of Africa and the Middle East. Must be the
training psychologists get which causes so,much violence by mental,cases.

Those 'mass shootings' don't count. The only ones that count are the ones that
support the author's anti-gun position.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


Is there any hope for you having a gun accident while towing your metal
motel room down the interstate to a white folks music festival where you
can take your teeth out and play along with your tissue paper and comb?

JPS forgets that the USA is the leader in world food production and humanitarian aid.

On 8/25/15 9:13 AM, Tim wrote:
JPS forgets that the USA is the leader in world food production and humanitarian aid.


And everyone knows you can save 15%...

Crikey, Tim, what is the connection between being the host of the
largest number of mass shootings and food production/humanitarian aid?

Is it a causal relationship?

Have you been watching Fox again, or talking on the phone to Herring or
Ingersoll or FlaJim, aka the rec.boat idiots?

On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 06:13:37 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

JPS forgets that the USA is the leader in world food production and humanitarian aid.

You can't expect a liberal to say something decent about their country. Hell, many
can't even spell America!
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Keyser Söze
- show quoted text -
"Is there any hope for you having a gun accident while towing your metal
motel room down the interstate to a white folks music festival where you
can take your teeth out and play along with your tissue paper and comb? "


SNERK!! LOL..you're killing me, Harry.

And yes Johnny, I wholeheartedly agree with this post......well maybe not the part about the gun accident unless no one got hurt.

On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:57:13 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Keyser Söze
- show quoted text -
"Is there any hope for you having a gun accident while towing your metal
motel room down the interstate to a white folks music festival where you
can take your teeth out and play along with your tissue paper and comb? "


SNERK!! LOL..you're killing me, Harry.

And yes Johnny, I wholeheartedly agree with this post......well maybe not the part about the gun accident unless no one got hurt.

You continue to meet our low expectations, donne'.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

True North wrote:
Keyser Söze
- show quoted text -
"Is there any hope for you having a gun accident while towing your metal
motel room down the interstate to a white folks music festival where you
can take your teeth out and play along with your tissue paper and comb? "


SNERK!! LOL..you're killing me, Harry.

And yes Johnny, I wholeheartedly agree with this post......well maybe not the part about the gun accident unless no one got hurt.


Of course you do. You are a lemming.