But ask a stupid question and get a stupid answer: especially from right wing media and Fox News.
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Again, Seriously? I can't believe that the right still trots this dude out after what they did to Michael Bellesiles. I guess John Lott is OK since his bullshit is what backs up the "pro-gun" arguments, but you might want to read this before citing Lott.
Can you say Mary Rosh?
As per usual,
After all, the last mass shooting in Norway was in 2011. I was SOL when I tried to find a mass shooting in Belgium, and Belgium is pretty gun crazy. I did: there was one in 2011 where three (3) people were killed in Liege. That shooting doesn't count as a mass shooting under some of the US definitions for them (some require 4 dead to be a mass shooting). So, talk about being desperate to make the US situation look somewhat acceptable.
The last one in the US? Oh, About a minute or so ago.
Really now. Please don't try to say other countries have the US problem of mass shootings: that one just does not stand up.
Seriously! The US has a problem with mass shootings, but like any addicted person refuses to face the facts until it's one of their family members who is a victim of gun violence.
And sometimes not even then.
So, the gun nuts work on the popular ignorance of other cultures, but the US is the only country not at war that has regular mass shootings (any one where there are 3 more more victims).
So, try not to be silly and get some REAL facts into this debate. Remember the pro-gun side banned gun research because it tended to be "anti-gun".
That's the only reason somebody like John Lott is called to be an "expert" since most people who know his reputation don't take him too seriously.
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