Why the US Is Known As the Mass Shooting Nation | Field Notes
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Nationalism is patriotism
Putting your own country first
We will never all be in a drum circle chanting DIVERSITY IS A STRENGTH
Not putting this country first caused the outsourcing of jobs
Not putting Americans first allowed 911 and covid
And all the knifings in Europe? Where is that episode?! "In the year ending March 2022, there were around 45,000 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in England and Wales"
Why does vice news ignore the very much more prominent reality of young males of color killing one another every single day in near absolute media, activist and political silence ???
@@jjjjjj192 Those behind this fear us
They want us disarmed and racially culturally mixed
@@jjjjjj192 Oh. And Vice HAS episodes on the cartel wars in Mexico, a country with UK-level gun control.
I mean it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see why the rest of the world sees us this way…
And yet the US is tied around #60 for murder rate per Capita. So 50+ other countries have a higher murder rate. And we sent millions of dollars in firearms to the Ukraine people and many other countries for many years...
@@mrmotofy Youre crazy for comparing gang violence and school shootings
@@mrmotofy feelings hurt much?
I dunno, I’d say your media trying to promote extremist ideas while silencing any moderates would lead to a rise in psychosis. That combined with deadly force (ie guns) would be a bad mix.
Guns absolutely aren’t the problem, they’re just a catalyst for violence. The USA isn’t the only country that promotes guns but they are one of the major countries that promotes a bipolar form of extremist politics and tries to normalize it. Am I wrong?
That being said, it’s still better than quiet totalitarianism like we’ve got here in Canada with the illusion of choice.
@@mrmotofy Grow up
Trying to implement Gun Control in the USA is like trying get pee out of a pool.
Yep, which means repealing the 2nd amendment and ignoring the protests.
@@aces1053
Not happening. 😁
@@aces1053 there's zero chance of that ever happening and zero reasons why it should happen. People just need a spine and to stop raising men to be soft little girls. Move if you don't like it in America... simple solution!! 👍
@@WinModel88 its almost like you guys want mass shootings to happen in your country there is a reason why other countries does not have this problem...
I just trolled you lol. 😂
The answer is pretty easy.
The US takes on fights that aren't worth it and avoid conflicts that should be faced.
That's because doing so would mean admitting truths and being intellectually honest, now which policies and arguments aren't acknowledging those? more left or more right?
Knowing the us they would prob fight another worthless war lol
@@wtfdtreats personally I’d say more right, i’ve seen republicans say we should give children in school guns to protect themselves. Also the right is inherently reactionary so they change their basis off of what happens and don’t actually acknowledge long term and context of why things happen. For example they say that crime is the fault of the individual but don’t recognize that most people who commit crime are neck deep in generational poverty which 99% of people do not ever get out of. So to answer your question, the right
@@wtfdtreats
Like how mass shootings are a small fraction of all gun deaths?
The #1 Narcissistic nation in the flesh. Been saying this since 2012
As a counselor, I HATE the argument that this is a mental illness issue and not a gun issue. Mental illness exists in every country, just like diabetes or heart disease. Mass shootings only happen in countries with lots of guns
taking guns away from millions because of the actions of a few hundred is not the answer
It's a combination of the two.....and the fact America is corrupt and people take out frustrations on eachother instead of the puppet masters who suck money and health from people like bottomless parasites
So do guns kill other people on their own or do sick people kill people?
The irony is that the people who say it’s a mental illness issue don’t support universal mental healthcare.
Sick people can easily access guns there since it is so many guns available. Crazy the US is defending gun ownership at all cost.
Which mass shooting are we talking about? The one this afternoon? Last Fridays? In the same city again? They're happening so often they're not even recognizable BY CITY or YEAR.
Please stop. There are over 400 million firearms in circulation the United States. There are roughly 13 thousand gun homicides every year. The vast majority of these gun homicides are inner city violence. Guns aren't the problem.
@@dv8322 "inner city" folks don't worry about being in aass shooting while getting groceries. It's when they're sending their kids off to school. This is some pro-gun bullshit.
For a country so large, it's not that abnormal. No other country with over 400000000 people is so successful. America is the best, commie
@@missellehansen
Gun homicides are largely concentrated in disinvested and structurally disadvantaged neighborhoods that have high rates of gun violence to begin with. Interestingly, poverty alone is not the predictive factor for high rates of gun homicides, but rather the intersection between poverty, racial segregation, and systemic disinvestment. Sorry but that is the truth.
@@spartan4717 Everyday a child brings a gun to School throughout the U.S most are stopped thanks to Metal Detectors and Security at Schools. Everyday students throughout the U.S are at risk of another gun mass shooting happening. Those without Metal Detectors and Security are at higher risk.
The bit that is really killing me is that there is now over 500 people (mostly former schoolchildren) who have now lived through TWO mass shootings. A lot of kids survived a mass shooting at school, and have since survived one out in public after they graduated. Gen Z and Gen A Americans are going to carry these scars with them for the rest of their lives. We will not forget.
Welcome to America
America is only good for a nuclear playground. Suit up babyyyy!
Seems like y'all should carry a gun
@@Watchyourback2 right? Like the first time it happened it would've made me buy a pistol then I could a stopped the secound
@@jasonmiles3263 seems like we should end the culture of guns in America so there wouldn’t be people around us who live through multiple mass shootings. You sick people are okay with living in a country where this is a possibility and common if it means your second amendment is untouched. I hope those 20 elementary school children were worth your right to bear arms
The strangers thing I that I noticed a lot of Americans still think they are the best country and the rest of the world sees them as this amazing country, the heroes of the world. When in reality all they do is cause destruction in other countries and unsafe livelihood in their own country, especially for kids. Really sad.
And then my country supports 🇮🇱. Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with that.
Then why does the US see so many immigrants year after year?
@@westcoastplinkin6559 💵💵 and no other reason.
@@westcoastplinkin6559just $$$ but it doesn’t mean it is the best country in the world. Only Americans think of that.
I wasn't even aware that there had been an incident in the town my parents live in last year. The name of the tiny town caught my eye as the list scrolled by. Seems it's so commonplace that you have to rack up some really heinous numbers for it to make more than local news.
which is what inpart inspires these types of people to cause as much carriage as possible. They know the attention they will get the more they do
@@TheDudeMaaaan It's the main reason why they shoot up a school and also just shooting up places in general. It will make the news
Most news is entertainment too so don't forget that. I get what you are saying but they not only want to push entertainment but narratives they want the locals to think and feel. News is not as honest and just information like we think
Most news is entertainment too so don't forget that. I get what you are saying but they not only want to push entertainment but narratives they want the locals to think and feel. News is not as honest and just information like we think
And yet the US is tied around #60 for murder rate per Capita. So 50+ other countries have a higher murder rate
I don’t understand how people can say we need to prepare with arms against a tyrannical government *AND* support the militarization of the foot soldiers of said government. If you think you’re gonna fight them one day, wouldn’t you want them to be weaker?
Exactly, i think that further demonstrates that those people don't know what they are talking about, and they are just repeating slogans that the propaganda machine fed them.
Yeah I find it insane how most of these gun nuts are arming against a tyranical government and then support the military and polices abuse of power against US citizens. Cognitive dissonance at its finest.
Cut the head off the snake and the body dies right? that's prob there thinking so corrupt politicians being the head and I'm pretty sure not everyone that stand for the 2nd amendment wants a civil war.
So citizens shouldn’t have legal arms?
@@avonfettydale9166 armed or not, do you think the guns the government is allowing us to own compare to the weapons and gear they have? not sure how our AR15s hold up against government restricted weapons and technology. think about that? … us buying these outdated weapons only keeps the government profiting, investing in deadlier technology. the idea they’re selling is a delusion to keep us buying and to keep us from uniting. because that’s what they’re afraid of … remember, there’s more of us than there is of “them”. take care✌️
As a father i'm glad that I don't live in a nation where schools are about surviving not learning
Mind your own business.
@@samizdat113 save your kids from shooters they are everywhere in the land of freedom
@@mz6367 My children are grown and they both carry a gun.
@@samizdat113 He’s speaking the truth we really have to worry bout survival while being school life sucks
@@samizdat113 then I'd have to say that I'm proud that I live in a nation where nobody has to carry a gun
Given The Amount of Mass Shooting & Phony Thoughts and Prayers. The American flag really should be a Chalk Outline.
How dare you disrespect the flag, people like you should be picked up and left in a 3rd world country
I’ll love to see you beg for your freedom back
Yea 3 killed at MSU and they lable it a MASS shooting... Pul leeeze. They then just promote the hell out of it for sympathies and there's a bunch of nobodies there crying like it was their child murdered. Liberals need to know one thing. Guns ain't the problem. Mental illness from bullying is. Even if guns were banned, the deranged would still get one in a back alley. If there were no guns, a bat. A knife. Hell even a brick or blunt objects. They keep doing this, cause issues then cry like they didn't do anything t deserve the harm from the issues they cause and now it's nothing but a green giant soapbox bandwagon full of people who probably aren't even in that college....
@@cowmath77 catches your attention.
@@cowmath77 Are Americans living in the warzone? Why are guns so ubiquitous in there?
Extremists feed extremism, or better seen in the U.S., reactionist media feeds reactionist action.
A lack of actual governance, a decrease in confidence in regard to the American economy’s future health, and a lack of workers protections and civil rights protections are causing mass distress. We’re in for a rough ride if we believe we can continue this.
Muh rights 🤪
Oh my God thank you! Someone that knows what's going on for real!
@@firstlast8258 Some actual issues btw: Transgender rights are actively being repealed and public schools are experiencing any opportunity of providing an intersectional education that requires at least some minor critical thinking in our schools slipping away by the day.
@@alexandergoodwin-elam6996 those aren't "rights"
@@firstlast8258 Maybe living in china is more your alley.
It's not just the gun massacres... Every unarmed person killed by police should be included in the gun violence statistics. Police in America operate with a level of fear and paranoia which is unseen anywhere else in the world. Whenever I see their body cam footage, I always think it's insane how heavy-handed they are. Like soldiers in Afghanistan... But it's directly attributable to the availability of guns and the often justified concern they might be killed while on duty.
Fear causes fear! The police are so afraid of people with guns so they assume that everyone is armed before they know what's going on! 😞
Well said
Being Police in the US maybe feel like being Soldier in a war zone.
89% of officer deaths by firearm were not legally purchased.
@@andresserrano5683 You miss my point. I wasn't talking about policemen being killed. I was talking about their constant fear of being shot - leading to a brutal police state where unarmed citizens are routinely gunned down... Overzealous cops who act more like soldiers in the field of battle... Nowhere else in the world (except maybe in Mexico and Brazil) do police act this way. It's a direct product of guns being freely available to anyone who wants to buy one.
On April 20, 1999, I was a 13-year-old kid in 8th grade in the same state and same school district as Columbine Highschool as the shooting unfolded there. I remember the fear and grief and shock that hit my community. I remember the fear after the first active shooter drills. Today, nearly 24 years later, I send my kids to elementary school in the same state and same school district and just tacitly hope they won't be shot at school.
Try a private school
@@theonlythingihavetosayis9333 wouldn't it be nice if I could afford that! Also, still no guarantee a private school won't be shot up.
It won't happen again unless the government is trying to hide something and distract people in that part of the country.
And that was during the 1994 AWB. Proving it wouldn't do anything if implemented today. Statistically speaking you have a higher chance of dying falling out of bed than dying from an AR 15.
God bless all the children who have committed their lives for our second ammendment.
If this goes on, then America should be a no go zone for tourism or any foreigners wanting to visit America.
Its a dangerous country that never wants to change..
I graduated high school in 2021 and the number one reason why I was happy to graduate was I’d never be a victim of a school shooting. My school was actually two blocks away from a mass shooting so everyone at my school was very scared it would happen to us and I’m sure that other students across the nation feel the same
As a Zoomer a mass shooting might make you a celeb so you can finna cop some drip.
America moment
You were more likely to get struck by lightning than be a victim of a mass shooting. Irrational fear. I work at a high school every day and know the miniscule likelihood of being shot is nothing to worry about.
@@thelittledetailscr7231 that is one of the most irresponsible answers I have seen on CZcams. What is wrong with your mind? Or heart?
@@thelittledetailscr7231 I wonder if that statistic takes into account the probability of a high school student being struck by lightning while inside of a classroom, instead of just lifetime odds.
Grateful I never had kids. No one should have to raise a family under these circumstances and have to worry every day about whether or not their kids come home from school
Do you always think in such extremes?
@@skontheroad hardly an extreme. Between mass shootings and ecological collapse around the world, I don't envy parents even slightly.
@@someguy3200 You are right, most people want to turn a blind eye to what's happening in the world and want to pop out kids because they 'love kids ' but don't care for what type of world those kids will have to one day be an adult in.
@@misshoneynevercame4832 exactly
I think people who can't afford to have kids financially, uneducated themselves, or even those with hereditary illness should not be having kids. People have kids just to have kids without think about their future lives
And still nothing will change, that just America
Kind of. There's still people who want to resolve issues here.
But we get a lot of push-back and anger from the Tinfoil Hat (Conspiracy) people.
They always talk about "tyranny." Not realizing that they've become tyranny themselves.
If that's the case then segregation would still be law
@@eksbocks9438 the law is pretty plain to read. Shall not be infringed. Only way to change it is by constitutional amendment.
Change is the only constant
@@mf-- You forgot the part where it says "Security of a free state."
Tribalism is not security.
It's not even the money being given to lawmakers. It's the gerrymandering of districts and even states. Those lawmakers who continue to push back against gun/public safety are worried about someone to the right of them primarying them. In party safe districts, incumbents are worried about the more extreme opponents rather than the more centrist.
Might want to check the supreme court decisions on arms. Nothing short of a constitutional amendment will change things for arms. State legislation against arms are regularly and knowingly unconstitutional which is a waste of time as legislators pretend to do something that they know will be overturned.
Yes, and It's the money. Why do we allow lobby group bribery?
How are states gerrymandered?
@@mf-- The laws are only unconstitutional because the current/most recent courts deem ANY restriction is unconstitutional. They claim to be textualists (whatever that means) or originalists. But they aren't. They seem to be pro corporations.
@@mf-- The government is afraid of the same people they protect.
Thank god I don't live in the us lol. When I was studying, I only had to worry about tests and assignments and not getting shot lol
I have to add this, the spooky people she describes, have fooled people like my sister into believing people like Ted Cruz, and I say this with a straight face, are nice and empathetic/caring people.
Yo you’re a sheep. Just saying. That sucks.
Unfortunately you were born a sheep so your chances of changing are low…. Sorry for the bad news
And you think democrats care? Lmao
@@Rommie26 a hell of a lot more than the regressives you support.
@@chadwickelliott1461Once a politican always a politician, if you knew son. All them Democrats and Republicans are one of the same coin, Washington was right about parties.
@@williamsherman1942 I'm not your son, pal.
Watching from across the ocean I am somewhat relieved that the USA is far enough away from where I love to not have to worry about it too much but at the same time it hurts my heart so deeply hearing about kids dying over and over again and no adults seem to be adult enough to want it to change.
They sure do love their guns. 😢
@@sarahjaneross2918 And yet the USA is where everyone wants to move to. Google what country takes in the most amount of immigrants every year.
@Westcoastplinkin655 It's an incredibly beautiful and diverse country. Such a shame about the guns, especially for children in school. They must be worried every day they're gonna get killed. I'd have to homeschool, and that's not exactly a solution to a wider problem.
@@sarahjaneross2918 The media really makes it out worse than it is, this is per a TIMEs article, "Every year, more than 3,500 children and teens-defined as infants through age 19-are shot and killed in the U.S., and another 15,000 are wounded in shootings, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data from 2016 to 2020...Of those deaths, 2,100 are homicides-most of them the result of either domestic violence or the kind of street violence that claimed Hadiya’s life.
On average, 1,200 children a year die by suicide with a gun. Another 130 children and teens per year die from unintentional shootings. On average, fewer than 35 children and teens are killed as a result of mass shootings a year-even though, for obvious and good reasons, those tragedies often receive lots of attention." Majority of the gun deaths in the US are of that, gang violence and suicides. They are not mass shootings like the media would want you to believe.
@@westcoastplinkin6559Using google clearly not your best skill I assume? The USA indeed comes at number one with the most immigrants (50 million out of 330 million), however that is a total figure, but year on year this figure changes a lot. Turkey, Germany and the past few years Poland have received the highest number of immigrants.
And not EVERYONE wants to move to dystopian USA, especially anyone living in other OECD countries, where live is considerably better and much more safe. The USA is the WORST performing developed country in the world, and I would NEVER move to the killzone USA, even if I could make much more money.
The USA has 15 times more lethal roads than the EU or most of south east Asia. US cops kill between 50 to 200 times more civilians (PER CAPITA) than their colleagues in Europe or Japan. USA is the mass shooting nation of the world, with 83 percent of them taking place there. Children and teenagers now die FIRST of gun related incidents, second in traffic and third because of cancer.
In other developed countries the first cause of death (very low) is cancer. Roads are much safer and hardly any gun violence. Obviously the USA is very rich, and for billons of people who mostly live in the third world, it is a step up. However the one billion living in the developed world would think twice before moving to the USA. I might consider Canada, but NEVER the USA!
"lobbying", in other counties known as bribery.
Yes, in my country it will fail under Corruption, Collusion, and Nepotism law. Even when family member of President get a gift from let said some company than it need to be reported.
So lobbying need to be secretive in my country, that is the different with the US since in the US lobbying is open.
I'm originally from Nepal, where even most cops don't carry guns. I had never heard of a single person dying from gun violence until I moved to the US. Something to really ponder about.
Same in India
Police dnt carry guns
And all the knifings in Europe? Where is that episode?! "In the year ending March 2022, there were around 45,000 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in England and Wales"
Vice has covered it.
As an American, we are truly screwed
Lol go move to Canada if you want your "safety"
Finally a non-hypocrite! Kudos.
As a fellow American, that's just not true
Call me spence💩💩💩... you won’t know the pain till it hits your house💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💐💐
We are. But if we put our foot down, stop electing criminals and start electing educated professionals, we would have a much better chance. Our country will continue to fall down the drain if we don't grow a pair.
I currently go to college in Michigan. In high school I didn’t have that much anxiety but now I’m terrified. Most buildings anyone can walk into and I feel like I always have to be on alert. I don’t know what to do. Protests and prayers aren’t working. I was going to live in the dorms for my sophomore year but now I just want to stay inside. Please pray for the youth, we are scared and tired.
Carry a pistol
@@dlproductions9574 I’ve been to multiple mental hospitals. One look at my background and I’m denied. And no I don’t want to contribute to the illegal gun trade.
@@MovieandTVClipsRecap get a taser then, learn martial arts. There are many things you can do.
@@dlproductions9574 yes because trying to punch and kick someone with a gun will work. And a taser in a classroom? Really 💀yea while someone is shooting up a classroom let me just run up to them with a taser. Thank you so much, I think you just saved my life. If I’m debating a 12 year old rn lmk
@@MovieandTVClipsRecap wow, rage. I was talking about your own personal self defense…
Great title. Vice news answering the hard questions.
You haven't had enough liberal socialist propaganda yet ?
This isn't great reporting. It's a politically slanted narrative.
not hard at all to answer. america has school shootings and the rest of the world basically doesn’t.
question answered
😂 i know right... who would've thunk?
Hard? Lmao do Americans really?
mfw the country with some of the loosest gun laws and more guns than people has a mass shooting problem: 😲😱
@VICENews Hi, I'm wondering why some of your documentaries are not available in certain countries? I'm traveling in Japan and can't watch the original video. Thanks!
I think that many youth are experiencing depression and a sense of hopelessness in regard to the future. I think some kids see committing a mass shooting as a fast track to fame, or perhaps infamy. It’s a constellation of fear, hopelessness and the all pervasive desire for attention/fame. It’s sad.
Mental health. The problem is people don't seek it or admit to it before it's too late.
americans should just lock mentally sick people in prisons or work camps and problem solved
It starts when you make fun of someone. Tease them relentlessly day in and day out. Reactive abuse. They feel sad depressed and just wanna make it right so they resort to retaliation. If parents taught their kids to be better, we wouldn't have bullying problems leading to school shootings. But people wanna just ignore that and blame guns. Lol
It's a systemic issue: there is no social net in the US, you can land on the street in a day, without any help nor welfare to except. The fear of failing alone can lead to dramatic consequences, like drug abuse, borderline disorder, depression and suicidal tendencies. Mass shootings are social suicides where the perpetrators take as many casualties with them as they can. From Switzerland with love ❤️ (we have one SIG-90 assault rifle per home / zero mass shooting per year)
@@alpinebe4ch597 ∆∆∆ this folks is a classic case of libs deflecting the real issues. They wanna be allowed to make fun of people regardless of the consequences and blame other issues for their mental illnesses. Able bodied minds are able to rebound faster if they end up homeless or without a job. Mentally ill cannot as easily. It starts with how you treat others. Treat them like crap they retaliate. Ain't no 2 buts about it. Liberals will say it's anything else but.
I think the very weird part of this, and oddly I think Broad City's final season opener captured it best, is how those of us who were excited for Obama in 2008 almost universally felt like "We won, this is the start of change" and it was the start of a nearly decade effort to radicalize that fear of a brown man leading the US. I guess we, or I, was naive, at least for a period
Yeah I had a rippled affect that unseated all the racism. The only good thing I can say is we now know who they are, they don't bother hiding it anymore.
"Change" just because a black man got elected?
You really are naive.
you're probably naive still.
@@dombam8490 probably so. I think many people credited most Americans as far better people than they really are. We still have a lot of hateful bigots.
i think the core problem is americas hyper individualistic mindset. other western and developed countries have this mindset to a degree, but the u.s is on another level. i mean, this mindset isnt just part of this issue, its also part of the car dependent infrastucture issue, the healthcare problem, the incarceration problem, and the homeless problem. these problems are all also profit driven as well. however, we all know profit drives a lot of issues all over the globe. which makes these issues appear to have a different cause which seems particularly american.
lets take car dependency. road rage is a big thing. people become different on the road. they become more selfish and arrogant and think everyone else around them are the idiots and they're the ones who are the only good drivers. thats obviously not true, but many americans think it is because their entire countrys infrastructure is built to accomodate cars over people. we refuse to build any other kind of infrastructure because "i have to be around a**holes and criminals if i ride a train or bus, but if im in my personal vehicle, then i can avoid them and if i get in an accident its their fault" and "cars make us free, i can go wherever whenever". similar justifications for healthcare "other people will just abuse the system. privatizing healthcare allows them to weed out the jobless bums and poor people so only those who deserve it can get treatment. why should i pay for them?" and incarceration "criminals are going to be criminals. they wont change. they dont follow the law because they dont want to. personal responsibility. no one is controlling them to do those things, we have free will to do what we choose to." and homelessness "homeless people are simply lazy. they dont want to improve their life so they force others to deal with their own problems. they don't mind disgusting living conditions and they never clean after themselves because they dont care about hygiene. they're always criminals and drug dealers and they dont deserve to live."
all of these quotes are things ive heard from real people. imagine thinking this black and white about humanity. imagine having such a low opinion of human life that instead of acknowledging any remnant of empathy or egalitarian thought, you partake in this confirmation bias of dehumanizing selfishness. hmmmmMMMMMM sounds like the exact way a mass shooter would probably think.....once you get into the thought process of "some people dont deserve life", you're already looking straight at the very reason this is such an issue in this country. greed and selfishness may be inherent in human nature, but so is kindness and the desire of a community and collective social identity. it is not a mystery at all to me as to why this is a problem. not when americans regularly say these types of things and support policies which support this way of thinking. i majored in sociology and people have always been fascinating to me. this is one thing that i wish they understood.
I believe the problem lies within the rise of social media and the internet. Call me crazy but it's a little strange how before the late 90s these mass shootings and school shootings were pretty much just as rare as the "civilized world" as they say. The rate now is very new. Less gun laws and control was implemented back then yet not much happened. Proving that it's a socialital problem not a gun problem.
well said 🙌🏽
You are correct I'd say individualism and a cold, city throat, ruthless, dog eat. Dog survival of the fittest economic model.
Would be great if you could make the original special report available in Canada? Please & Thank you!
This whole country is beyond saving. Horrendous.
Don't live here then.
That's a horrible thing to think. I think America is a terrible country but I still think we can be saved. We just have to put our foot down with people that are f_cking up our country. We have to stop electing criminals. And start electing qualified professionals in the fields that they are going to be dictating in our government. Why are voting periods popularity contests? People who don't have knowledge and experience shouldn't be in our government. Betsy DeVos for example. She knows nothing about education so why was she put in charge of education? Because she had money. We need to stop allowing money to talk in this country. We need to lock up all the actual criminals who put money above human life. And we need to stop letting companies destroy our environment for profit. Our country is not beyond saving. We just need to grow a f_cking pair and stand up for ourselves.
@@SuperHeatherrussell Funny. Because you won't even let us leave either.
For a country so large, it's not that abnormal. No other country with over 400000000 people is so successful. America is the best, commie
@@SuperHeatherrussellthis further proves his point
More guns than people
it's a symptom of a sick society
America has really dropped the ball on parenting the last few decades.
Libtardism*
You are 100% correct! I couldn't have made a better statement. There is nothing inaccurate about it.
Fantastic Interview.
Don’t we all know why at this point???
Gun free zones probably. Lack of health care maybe. Low education statuses from defunded education system. Copycats from prominant news coverage.
I agree. This discussion kind of feels like old news at this point. Like if you're still on the whole Alex Jones thing it kind of feels like "where have you been?" Lol. I don't know. I was born in 99 so i basically grew up just hearing about school shootings every month. At this point, if yhey were gonna do anything, they would've done it. The whole gun conversation feels pointless at this point. It's pretty sad
Until we start talking about mental health and the quality of life in America, we will not get anywhere. If people didn't have access to guns they would still hurt each other. Some kids when I was in high school blew up a trailer in our neighborhood with cleaning chemicals they found under their sink. Access to guns is not the problem. The mental health of our nation is. Every single day life in America becomes more and more hopeless. And when people become hopeless they start doing bad things. Especially the weak minded, they lose their sh_t and do things like sh__t up a school. We need to start caring more about our citizens and their mental health and their quality of life.
For a country so large, it's not that abnormal. No other country with over 400000000 people is so successful. America is the best, commie
GF zones, little to no health care, defunded education system, and copycats being featured in prominent news coverage.
The only thing that can stop a bad toddler with a gun is a good toddler with a gun
A toddler with a gun is neither good nor bad, they arent aware of the consequences of their actions lol hahaha, and if you're talking about the root cause, it would be the parents who are responsible and accountable, not the toddler's.
Maybe if every person in this country wasn't living in a state of constant existential dread, So many of them wouldn't lose their minds and do awful sh_t. But what do I know I'm just a random person.
maybe if those persons doesnt have easy access to guns, we wouldnt have mass shootings
Yes. 1st world America is SO DREADFUL. No other nation has problems like it. God bless America.
Every year, that goes by people have less and less hope. Things are only getting worse. We haven't seen sheet yet.
@@nattobaby You seem to think that guns are the only tools of death. A couple of preteens once blew up a trailer in my neighborhood when I was in high school with nothing more than the cleaning chemicals they found under their sink. They ended up burning down an entire trailer the shed and ruining the siding on all the surrounding trailers. They're quite lucky no one lived in that trailer. You can kill people with anything. Banning things isn't going to stop people from killing each other. As I said, poor mental health is the biggest perpetuator of violence
Bingo. We've never had this sick of a country. We've always had access to guns though. You didn't see 20 kids getting shot up in the 50's even though automatic weapons were there for anyone who had a couple bucks. It's apparently to hard to even touch on the root cause of the problem. We all know it can't happen in our lifetime, so we don't try. It's not just a gun problem, it's the future of this countries problem.
It's literally insanity from the pov as a non-US person. How is this still a problem. I will never let my kid take 1 step inside the US as long as guns are not abolished. Kids are dying, and all people care about is the playing to get political gains. It's really heartbreaking.
you can go to Mexico where guns are illegal 😂😂😂😂
Well guess you aren't ever coming then because guns are never going away. Btw guns are in every single country, lawful or not. Guns are not going away worldwide. Just stay indoors the rest of your life if it scares you that much.
Americans only care about $$$$
Even if my country is behind in so many things, at least I'm proud to say that mass shootings here are not common.
Sadly this was filmed a month ago and there have been several mass shootings since then. They mentioned the monemterrey shooting but there have been more recent ones
The us gun culture is certainly one reason that makes these tragedies possible. But I don't think that's the only reason. I think it's a bigger societal problem.
That's so obvious. At least from the point of view of a european.
I mean, you guys had relatively free access to guns 50 years ago, too. But not a big problem with mass shootings yet. So what has changed?
Things started to change around 2004 when gun culture became a symbol of masculinity, and also the passage of bills lobbied by the NRA that made it easier for people to access military-style firearms.
@@technofanatic01 the ability to not think is really astonishing. Men were more manly before and yet no mass shootings and now it’s everywhere because men?
I am convinced it is the age of technology and social media. The cat is already out of the bag, so I pray for an act of God that can take us back to the times before.
Too many guns in rotation, the focus of hyper individualism, and the way our healthcare system is. This was always going happen. The internet accelerated it
@@mcnicholas3 how have those prayers worked for y'all so far? Not trying to be rude, i'm genuinely curious
God bless all the children who have committed their lives for our second ammendment.
This morning, I told a coworker I was going to commit to ignoring the news and this drops.
Yea go ignore the news, You’ll probably have no problems voluntarily boarding the train to dachau as-well.
Vice is the exception.
@@heatherk9722 this is so heavily biased it’s not even news it’s propaganda like them saying the ar 15 is the most used mass shooting gun but that isn’t true at all
This is NOT news.
Vice is hardly news
We lead in every Category 💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great sarcasm. 🤣
Funny! Did you get that from the latest Ari Shaffir stand up special??
Mass shooting too right ?
Just not any good category
That diversity for ya.
Even when it is their kids ,they have been bought and paid not to make change. It all comes down to greed.
when 300 mil people has 600 mil gun , what you expect ????
When 300 mil have no safety net, what do you expect?
Access to guns doesn't create criminals. I'm not saying we should have zero gun control, but I am saying that mental health is a far larger part of the problem than access to guns. Americans weren't always shooting each other at such high numbers. As life has gotten worse, even though it should be getting better because of technological advances, people see that. People see that things are getting more and more hopeless for all of us. Everybody's coming to the realization that large corporations are making the Earth less and less hospitable for humans. And most people think nothing that can be done to stop that. When people feel hopeless for too long they start doing bad sh_t. If our country made an actual effort to get rid of the criminals in charge, put actual qualified professionals in those positions. We would start to see a lot less violence. If we actually made sure that our citizens within our country were taken care of properly, and the law actually protected them, we would see less violence.
@@mf-- Both are correct.
@@taylorbug9 And then there's the hostility towards anybody who wants a normal life.
One of the byproducts of our culture is, we've created a system where Bullying is either ignored or encouraged.
And they go to great lengths to abuse other Americans. Heck, they always get better treatment than the innocent people they target.
They always tell innocent people, "If you fail, that's your fault."
“AR 15’s are no deadlier than any firearm” - a ghoul.
Mind boggling how the US regulates car (a potentially fatal weapon) licenses more than gun (literally designed solely for killing) licenses.
One isn’t a constitutional right. Also guns are designed for firing projectiles.
@@Apex_Yonko guns aren't a constitutional right. The ability to use them to defend against a potentially oppressive government is. And you conveniently didn't finish your sentence. "Firing projectiles".... For the purpose of causing damage (to people or property)
Not true 😂
@@avonfettydale9166 there's actually several studies and news articles on this from a variety of sources. The process of getting a driver's license in the US is far more expensive, time-consuming, and regulated than the process of getting a firearms license. This varies from state to state, but even states with the strictest gun laws, like CA, have a less expensive and lengthy process for acquiring the license to carry a deadly weapon than to drive a car.
That’s because protecting your life isn’t a privilege, it’s a right. Driving a car is a privilege, not a right.
I don't think anyone has questioned why
why ask why? Bud Dry.
@@Skaarxiong1 that's the point. We know why.
When you eliminate black on black gun crime all of a sudden 80% of your gun crime evaporated.
So how do you eliminate gun crime?
Just think about how this country was built.
What? Like every other country?
Ah.. They get their land by killing the Indiana people right..
yes! time to play cowboys and indians all over again.
Rep Scalise of Louisiana was shot by someone with a semi-automatic weapon and he has no desire to enact gun/public safety restrictions.
Dangerous freedumbs
Well mental health is a far bigger factor than access to guns anyways. We have to accept that many of the mass shooters in schools had no previous criminal records or anything else that would have stopped them legally from buying a gun. Yes some of them wouldn't have legally been able to get their hands on a gun if we had stricter gun laws but too many of them still would have been able to acquire the gun they used to shoot the people they shot. Mental health is the biggest contributor to the violence we see in our country. And until we address it nothing will change.
I don't understand the hyper focus on "semi automatic."
almost every pistol sold (beyond black powder, single action revolvers, breech loading and target pistols) is semi automatic. dual action revolvers (the most common type sold in the last century) are semi automatic.
@@taylorbug9Every country has people with mental health problems. However, if you can buy a gun from just about any store w/o full background checks and gun safety regulations then these guns will easily fall into the hands of those with mental health issues. It’s the guns, always has been and always will be unless some meaningful changes are made, imo.
Probably his campaign donors are gun owners...
Amazing reporting thank you🙏🏼🙌🏼
But we've always had those. You used be able to have Sears send you a automatic rifle/sub. We've never been this mentally ill as a country though. You could argue that's it's both but we've always had guns, mass shootings are newish.
This isn't great reporting. It's a politically slanted narrative.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The big guns should be banded but the small hand guns should be given to people who have been evaluated by a outside physiatrist
Handguns are the most common weapon used in mass shootings in the United states...
I thought it was obvious
From a non merican pov it's like all the citizens are playing a mini version of the cold war with each other it's very disturbing really when u think about it. surely yous see that other countries with strict gun laws simply do not have this level of mass domestic terrorism when it comes to mass shootings in public areas and schools especially
Brazil would like to have a word with you.
sshh....quiet you. don't try to educate these idiots. you'll ruin my entertainment. this is better than any movies or tv shows because this is real. just kick back, have a cold beer and enjoy. besides, they're just killing each others, saving the Cartels bullets and the Cartels don't even have to get their hands dirty.
As a international student …this freaks me out a lot…Because nothing is been than and every now and then we hear the same thing…hmmmm
Someone said " Its happen in other country too" Yeah its happen in out side US but not as much as US in just 2 months. Great Record there.. 67 in just a few days in 2023.
Most countries don't have anywhere near 340 million people you chode.
I remember the first mass shooting I experienced at age 10 in 1966. It was the Texas tower massacre of 13 people with dozens wounded. Since that time, these types of shootings have happened on a regular/intermittent basis. Not much has ever been done to put an end to the insanity, just talking.
Preach.
And yet the US is tied down around #60 for murder rate per Capita. So 50+ other countries have a higher murder rate. And we sent millions of dollars in firearms to the Ukraine people and many other countries for many years...
It isnt just regular anymore, at this point it's easier to just say daily, because it pretty much is
@@mrmotofy Because we should only strive to be "not last" right?
Remember, if any country has more murder than you, it totally justifies the tens of thousands of murders happening yearly. You know, because so long as we're not Brazil, everything is hunky dory!
Great take.
@@jingbot1071 Let me see if I can simplify it for you...if the US isn't high on the list...then it's NOT the worst. Firearms are only a TINY fraction of a percent of the deaths per year. I have the numbers that are facts...but nobody wants it cuz it doesn't fit the antigun agenda. We're talking 40k out of 3 million deaths per year...then take out suicide cuz that's kinda pointless what they used to kill themselves with. Now we're down to 20k/yr or so...statistically that's nothing. Then factor the up to 3mil defensive uses of firearms and the facts prove MORE lives saved than taken. But again that's facts...not emotions
I think the guns might be a problem!
Outlaw guns then only outlaws have guns, law abiding citizens have to be able to protect themselves and families against outlaws.
Then you clearly aren't _thinking_ at all.
True, lol. But these Americans won't understand such simple maths.
Nah, it is multiCULTuralism
This doesnt happen in Europe.
@@mobilusinmobili8321 are you aware that Europe is multicultural
Americans will eventually evolve bulletproof skin and guns as hands.
Hahahaha.
Developed nation 😂
Subhuman slum dweller actually thinks his opinions matters lol
America is the great Latino nation
Which excludes any country ran by 👨🏿🦱 people.🤣
“Come and get them”
1.7 trillion dollars babyyyyy im sure they can get them rahhhhhhhhhh
@@meretricioussimp7759no, they couldn’t.
@@meretricioussimp7759
Nah. If ya coulda, ya woulda.
It's not just guns or the types of guns that are out there because there's always been guns it's a societal issue...the stresses and demands of life in this part of the world
Stress happens all over the world.
Guns are not so easily accessible in other stable countries.
North Korea makes itself look safe
I don't like guns, and don't own one, but VICE's gun reports are vice. Guns aren't the problem. Gangs, cartels, and organized crime are the issue. A gun doesn't have free will but a criminal does.
we're not put on this world to kill each other! we're all meant to live life to the fullest. How a person is raised is the most important part of their life! like age 5! and on.. when the brain really starts learning and remembering. it's so important, if there abused, neglected , not loved, not disciplined.. it's a recipe for disaster! even being too spoiled can lead to so many problems. We have to start doing a better job now! Please! Too many parents giving their kid a phone at 2 years old neglecting them.. is a disaster in itself! and the kids looking at their parents like THEY are kids staring at their phones 24/7! I mean.. this is the real pandemic!!! The problems start early! is what I'm trying to say.. To people who have raised children proper and are raising them right.. Thank you!
and also kids being raised without a father around.
You mean to tell me that you banned a certain magazine size? It's not called a clip but you banned a certain magazine size and it was still able to be obtained and used in a crime. Yeah that's exactly what's going to happen. If you try to ban guns only the criminals will have them regular citizens upstanding good citizens won't have you guys ever heard the argument of what would happen if one of the kids at Hogwarts decided to go on a spell spree and try to kill all the students in Hogwarts. Nothing would happen because every student has a want turn that one into a gun
What's the saying? Rather have a dangerous freedom than a safe tyranny.
I know there have always been crimes committed with guns,but growing up in the seventies,these mass shootings were practically unheard of then,so why is it happening now? Good question
Mass shootings are almost unheard of in Canada, or even any kind of gun violence. I wonder why
Mass shootings unheard of in Canada? Is this a joke lmao? And the freedoms are laughable and you lose more and more every year. It's like you enjoy getting cucked. I wonder why.
Evil, there is more evil in the United States than Canada. More crimes committed, more homicides, more gangs, more drugs, violence, hate, racism, you name it.
Because you traded your freedoms TO for your freedoms FROM.
@@marlonmoncrieffe0728the freedom to get shot that you love so much.
Sure.
So in the end its all about money. Those industry leaders and bussinesman care nothing only their own pocket
Many Second Amendment supporters online have always complained about one thing, that gun makers don't support efforts to defend the Second Amendment. In fact, most of the money used to defend the Second Amendment comes from private citizens.
Support the 2nd amendment and no restrictions to gun access! Worry more about mental health and less about guns. Period.
If you don't like our constitution and our bill of rights, please by all means go live somewhere else
You do know that it’s meant to change right can you even tell me anything about it
@@Hotoke234 I will give you a clue. A military family since the civil war, my grandson serves now. I took civics, I also was a commissioner in my small town. I love my country, I respect the flag. I was raised to treat people the way I wanted to be treated. We were poor farming families. We shared with our neighbors in hard times. By the way I also have native American bloodline, so this gives me the right to life, liberty and freedom to speak my mind. All this junk going on now is just polluting young minds. Oh and in case you haven't guessed I believe in God as creator and he gave us the gift of his son Jesus that died on the cross for our sins. I guess he saw this generation!
We might just deport the entire Left anyways.
très juste!
The Uvalde’s dad’s tattoo made lose it. God that is so upsetting. The pain these people have and are still going through. America is fucking sick.
MultiCULTuralism be like dat, yo
Sorry you had to witness a youtube video from almost a year ago. I hope you can get through that tragic moment in your head, at a time when other countries are being bombed, you had to witness a dad's tattoo, prayers for a speedy recovery.
@@gordsruby5963 there’s something seriously wrong with you, get some help
@@thisiskitta Yes correct, there's something seriously wrong, and it's youtube viewers like yourself who play the victim and pass judgement on others from their recliner chair. Children don't go to school to be accidently killed by cops or gunmen with assult rifles, they go to school to learn. Schools are supposed to be safe before the massacre, not after. A tattoo made you lose it, and you call me sick lol, the pain parents went through not making sure their child's school was safe is sickening. All they had to do as parents is check the school security, safety regulations and policies. What's wrong with American is lazy citizens who bang their keyboards out to express their emotions, but offer zero support to their communities to stop the massacres. You waited 9 months to make a youtube comment on a youtube video. Lol and now you want sympathy.
@@gordsruby5963 So by your logic, no one has the right to feel sad because something worse is happening?? This "point" always makes me laugh when someone uses it.
dude if you have to carry a gun to feel safe then that means that country is dangerous no questions asked
No it doesn't. Governments and leaders go bad in every corner of the world. Only the ignorant don't think it can happen. This is why citizens should be able to carry a gun. North America has the lowest deathtoll of every major continent in the world because of this.
We can prevent mass shootings by making it a mass shootout. /s
because it is
Two months into the year and we've had 600 mass shootings?! WTF?
By definition, United States is not the only country with a mass shooting issue.
Don’t compare other countries, US still takes the cake. It is 300/2 ratio. If other countries had it, so you mean it is fine because it happens to other nation too? typical American mentality 😂 instead of resolving the issue, you digress.
Stop trying we will never give are guns not willing or by force
The US army and police is very strong, they have tanks, helis, Tomahawk missiles, they can take them any day they want to...unless you have a 156 cal autocannon you won't even face them, and even so a missle will get your sorry ass.
@@TheEsseboyIt’s not the US army coming for them. Maybe the police, but it’s mainly the ATF, and while they are armed too, they stand no chance. Just watch what’ll happen with the brace “ban.”
@@25percentdumb62 They do have the right to call in the national guard if they feel like it, and when you loose your job, get a fellony and get thrown in jail after, you quickly think twice about "defending" your "right" to "bear arms".
Guns are not essential, guns are just tools to kill people, they should be heavily regulated and controlled, unless you want 600% higher murder rate...like in the US.
@@TheEsseboy
Only in your video games, tinkerbell.
Our military is sworn to uphold the Constitution and is mostly conservative leaning. Cops hate you too and wont enforce it.
And we all know you wont be doing jack sht. Lol
@@TheEsseboy bah, les armes reviendront par l'Amérique du sud! c'est une de vos faiblesses que d'avoir cette frontière!
Savage citizens with no control of emotions.
And sometimes, they come up with elaborate ways to bully other Americans.
Nobody bats an eye. They just brush it off as "Free Speech."
@@ladykate214 biggest mass shooting happened under Trump in Nevada....
How much does your state make from gun sales each year
We should stop putting all of our children in large buildings together
Like school's hahaha okay Jason. Brilliant 💡 idea.
Krishna hosted "Be a man" as well right? He is really good at this, entertaining to watch!
Because in no other "developed" country of the world people can obtain legal weapons as easy as buying candies, due to 200+ years old laws that continue to be applied today which make most of the citizens entitled and addicted to have weapons for "self defense reasons", like if they happened to live in the wild west or the country had no police or security forces at all.
Well you clearly have no idea what you’re typing about Lol
OP knows nothing about guns or the process of purchasing them other than what he can copy and paste from twitter lol
It's the Land of the Free🇺🇲
Freedom comes at a price, that's just how it is, but whoever is willing to give away Freedom in order to gain more security will loose both in the end.
It is not that easy I wish y’all would stop lying
@@Der_Kleine_Mann so you dont care that innocent children and people are dying, because 'muh freedumb'???
Only way to make change is to remove or alter the 2nd ammendment. Good luck getting that accomplished
0:29 any video to this?
WHY not start in a place that can bring immediate change? Why are you fixating on only the guns when there IS a mental health issue that can be addressed right away? Start with the schools and the mental health care they provide. Do a documentary on what they have, what they need or what holes are the children falling through? Why aren't you doing a documentary on how social media is affecting some children detrimentally? I believe people would welcome seeing multiple areas dedicated toward fixing this issue. The mental instability of the shooters, of any person who takes a life, has never seemed to be in question. Were there not reports of flags missed, of shooters on social media posts, law enforcement prior contact, family reports, teachers, friends, etc.? Why aren't these things kept front and center too? Don't think finding and fixing the problems in the mental health system won't save lives? Yet we fixate on the gun while we have other avenues that could help save lives open to us, we can address now.
Why not both? Also, how easy it is to get care for a mental problem when the health care system is like it is?
lol i don’t think we need a video for this one. Just check the news or social media every day n you’ll get your answer 😂
“Social” media
Ik. I think the world knows how bad America is
@@study7794 lol.
And where is better?
@@Daniel9-2 Any other country that is defined as "developed".
@@edenassos
So whiter ones..
Well done!!!!!
Can you allow countries outside the US (like the Philippines) access to the documentary they're talking about here?
Use a VPN.
I don't know why we don't make mental health services a priority in this country. These services should be cheap and available to all citizens. If we did that, not only could we catch and help folks who are at risk of being violent, but we could start capturing data about what leads a person down the path to being violent in the first place. With data in tow, the mental health profession can work with government to provide meaningful programs that eliminate the propensity for violence.
They won't. Hell, even someone on Medicaid isn't even covered by therapy, and their primary has to jump through hoops for coverage and some have to pay out of pocket. It isn't there for many.
I don’t even think thats the issue its just we don’t jail mentally ill people or put them away some can’t function in society without being co dependent and we have freedom of being able to check out of mental health facilities/refuse service as an adult so it’s kind of pointless the people who need it the most don’t go and a lot of shooters actually were on anti depressants which just make things worse for most people or are autistic.
It's not profitable, you know what i mean
Republicans will say that mental healthcare is too expensive while supporting expensive tax breaks for the rich.