▲ 395 ▼ Heavily-armed man kills himself, rather than shoot up Colorado amusement park, authorities say (denvergazette.com) submitted 2 years ago by YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 118 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did you miss a century of mental healthcare development? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xkforce@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Its the guns. It was ALWAYS the guns. There was a significant increase in the number and severity of mass shootings after the federal assault weapons ban sunsetted. There is significant amounts of evidence that easy access to guns results in much higher homicide and mass shooting rates. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/5504/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Its the guns. It was ALWAYS the guns. There was a significant increase in the number and severity of mass shootings after the federal assault weapons ban sunsetted. There is significant amounts of evidence that easy access to guns results in much higher homicide and mass shooting rates. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/5504/ permalink fedilink source parent