Why are mass shootings on the rise in the US? - BBC News

There have been more than 560 mass shootings across the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed.
The United States has the highest number of mass shootings in the world.
The BBC's Sumi Somaskanda explains the complex factors contributing to an increase in these incidents across the country.
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[@GIBBO4182]

America - where healthcare is a privilege, and owning a gun is a right!

[@alordswatchman]

There is no "Right" to healthcare unless your an illegal.

[@karlosthejackel69]

American Health care is cheaper than UKs

[@jacobburkhart7935]

Healthcare can’t be a right because you don’t have a right to other peoples labor.

[@Censortubes]

How to tell everyone you have an ebt card.

[@lukaszurov]

@@jacobburkhart7935 then what are taxes for?

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

Freedom is not when you can own a gun, instead freedom is when you don’t need to own a gun...

[@Censortubes]

Tell us when man’s evil has stopped and you might have an angle short bus.

[@moeaep]

@@Censortubes what? You are not a native english speaker are you? This is the 2. time i see you in this comment section with a sentence which makes no sense.

[@Censortubes]

@@moeaep hahahahah keep trying non USA cit.

[@moeaep]

@@Censortubes yeah im not i have health care and a 7 times lower homicide rate, but you are not able to write english is my point.

[@Censortubes]

@@moeaep o yea? Let’s prove you wrong. What third world shithole you posting from?

[@ProLookout]

A more appropriate question is “Why are mass shootings even a thing in the US when other countries with gun carrying citizens do not have this problem”

[@Censortubes]

You mean those countries where they don't cater to criminals and throw them in jail or? What magical utopia do you live in? Watch none of you can answer this and rage on.

[@skepticalwhiteguy]

​@@Censortubestalk about deflecting...

[@Censortubes]

@@skepticalwhiteguy hey look its another state bootlick. Can't answer either eh short bus?

[@neildeeley4177]

@@CensortubesEngland where we have zero school shootings compared to your more than zero LOL

[@mayjimeno2327]

Because it is a lot harder to own a gun in other countries outside the US. For example in Japan to have a gun license (with a validity of 3 yrs) you need to pass a written & shooting test, police background checks, psychiatric & drug test clearance, register to the police the details of the weapon including where it's stored etc etc. Too much hassle/effort to own a gun, so the few civilians who do get a gun license are extremely careful and protective of this privilege

[@flyinghigh2701]

Next BBC news story: why Islamic extremism has nothing to do with Islam

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Now tell us how murder by gunshot being the leading cause of death of children is freedom

[@Marcus.22823]

Evey day gun violence happening in America. 😂😂😂😂. Kid see news 18 year old boy have military grade weapon 😂😂😂

[@davidadiwego4608]

The many smaller mass shootings (four victims) which make up the bulk of mass shooting cases, and are largely due to gang violence, are massively overshadowed by the few bigger mass shootings.

[@madonnasfangirl9631]

BBC is anti white

[@JakeKoenig]

And why do you think that is? Why would the national media completely ignore 99% of mass shootings and cherry-pick a few per year to cover? I bet you can guess...

[@TheMosinCrate]

You can't reason with people that have an anti 2A agenda.

[@hourbee5535]

In USA you need to stay aware of your surroundings and be prepared to defend yourself at all times. Consider carrying a tourniquet and trauma kit as well.

[@allanzylbert1306]

Mentally ill people having guns is the issue

[@OlkaOve]

Numerous EDC channels here on YT mention a useless folding knife too. Not to mention the MRE:s I assume all carry in the backpack.

[@onidoremc9490]

Everytime ...u need to aware and alert ⚠️..because any moment you can't be shot may be by someone or accidently in a gang fight .

[@umaikakudo]

Only if you live in the urban high crime areas or frequently go there. The majority of the US doesn't have a crime problem and the majority of citizens normally go their whole life never being a victim or witness of violent crime.

[@josem588]

⁠and I thought that in Mexico is the only place where you needed to know that

[@obae9714]

Why does everyone want to go to the U.S.?

[@karlosthejackel69]

People only go where white people are

[@robertmurray8763]

Good piont. I've been there because of all the propaganda of it being the best country on the planet. Reality is very violent, lots of people sleeping on the street, and a lot of rich people who think everyone else is their personal slave.

[@josem588]

@@robertmurray8763 and also his touristic places aren’t that good because they are too expensive (example Disney land or universal studios)

[@Mystic_Edge]

To have sex

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

You mean poor people walking up from the countries you destroyed? Because no Europeans are guv58ng up their wealth to pay 50 times the price for medic8ne.

[@skepticalwhiteguy]

Because they care more about guns than human life..... pretty simple

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

You are thinking of pro-abortionists and NATO supporters.

[@Zeltenus]

@@JohnofthefamilySmith What the hell are you talking about?

[@druunderwood5602]

You cant have a plan B if there's no plan A, I remember hearing that clearly.

[@steve3222]

Its a mental health issue, not a gun issue.

[@user-cz1pk8ru2j]

It’s both.

[@goblinoide]

And a spiritual issue

[@goblinoide]

@@user-cz1pk8ru2j A gun can't do anything on its own

[@mikedevlin2048]

All countries have mental health challenges… the difference in the US is the easy access to firearms. It won’t change until politics isn’t driven by industry lobbying for more… more fossil fuels, more weapons and even less control over prescription drugs

[@Vipus2501]

People with mental health issues having easy access to weapons. It is a gun issue.

[@craighughes3495]

As an English person living in the usa let me tell you how insane the average American attitude towards guns is; they KNOW owning a gun increases their chance of getting shot tenfold but it’s how it makes them FEEL; empowered, important. This is what sensible gun policies are up against

[@jonathanmoore7582]

Maybe they're just annoyed that a British person who is living in their country is telling them why our constitutional amendment is insane. How about talking about how in the UK you can be arrested for social media posts and are more likely to be robbed at knife point? I bet you are fun at parties.

[@magicalfrijoles6766]

​@Ardwick-CromeI agree with you on the statistics and trained people actually being safer, except maybe cops and military because their dangerous jobs though. I own 7 guns, one is an AR-15, and I conceal carry. But, I took the time to get my concealed carry license, despite TX not requiring it. I take instructor led courses to help me train with my firearms, then go train with them. Most people aren't doing that though and no law requires it. In my utopia, owning a gun is like getting a pilot's license. I'd also implement a federal buy back program that is 100% voluntary, to get guns out of the hands of people who just casually own them.

[@skepticalwhiteguy]

Yea Americans care more about their guns than they do their children.....

[@Censortubes]

Literaly false bootlick.

[@Censortubes]

fun facts, in a nation of 330 million people. Only 400 were shot by ar 15, yet the usa had almost 2k people beat to death by fists and feets. Lets ban your chevrolegs? 59% of gun deaths in the United States are by firearm suicide. an average of 23,891 deaths per year. We lose more to car accidents every YEAR. Why no ban? A total of 38,824 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2020. In a nation of 330m people , we only lose 15k to gun deaths in the highest gun law areas, all mostly from gang on gang crime. We lose 100k to fent ods the leaders are letting flood in. No ban? In a nation of 330m people , self defense gun uses total 3m per year( no shots fired), while the total deaths are only 15k from gangs. But remove the rights to defense? You going to tell the lady who is losing her dignity she cant use any tool manmade? Stabbing deaths and injuries are more common in Europe than in the Americas. Particularly in northern Europe, where levels of knife crimes among young people have increased and made headlines. Deaths by sharp objects are especially noticeable in the 15-19 and 20-24 age groups in Northern and Western European countries. The proportion of knife deaths is about three times greater than firearm deaths in these countries for the 20-24 age group. Knife-enabled crime recorded by the police saw a 10% increase to 49,027 offences in the year ending March 2022.. UK London. 67m total pop, you are more likely to die in the UK than the USA. 6 percent of your deaths are guns, thought banning them solves everything? Ill walk circles around your sad media talking points.

[@liamp.8826]

BBC should mind their own business and think about the knife problem they have in their country!

[@gio-oz8gf]

Their business is reporting news from around the world. This was a report by BBC America and the reporter is an American. We give you the BBC, and in return, you give us obesity via your fat food chains, And no, I didn't mean fast food chains.

[@delaney6413]

knife crime going up in response to gun crime going down is a good outcome. Knife attacks are infinitely more survivable than gun attacks. For instance, the Slenderman stabbing victim was stabbed 19 times in the throat and survived. Getting shot 19 times in the neck is not realistically survivable. Gun wounds are hard to stop from bleeding while knife wounds tend to be much easier to work with since the knife can be left in. I'd rather get attacked with a knife than shot. Stabbings do not have the trauma that bullets do. Guns also mean they can kill from a distance. Knives mean the guy has to get close to you, giving you a fighting chance.

[@Marcus.22823]

😂😂😂😂 2nd amendment. Gun violence happening everyday. Even beggars, homeless have gun. Don't lie see news everyday gun violence happening in America.

[@Marcus.22823]

2nd amendment 😂😂😂

[@TimeTheory2099]

If you're European and thinking of vacationing in the US. Think again.

[@phukyew14]

Just stay away from the black cities.

[@ryugaop06]

Americans are mostly Europeans

[@Iverness-l8h]

So did she ever say what the answer is? I heard more people bought hand guns after the pandemic. Assault weapon bans. Never heard what the answer is to the problem.

[@EggyBagelface93]

I think Australia had some success with gun buyback programs .

[@magicalfrijoles6766]

​@@EggyBagelface93Buy back program with a ban on manufacturing new guns would be a huge help. Making the ability to own a gun about as hard as obtaining a pilot's license would be ideal. I own a lot of guns. I also do a lot of training and take the responsibility very seriously. It's not a toy or cool thing to show off for me. Most gun owners are very casual about it and have done very little to train with their firearms.

[@Censortubes]

@@magicalfrijoles6766 tell us what magical land you live in where man don't harm one another?

[@Iverness-l8h]

@@Censortubes he could tell you but then he would have to you know what!

[@JK-tq7bi]

We all know the answer.. but republicans and the NRA won't like it. Its the same solution to the on going drug war in Mexico.

[@Luka_Tim]

I just love when BBC gives us these deep dives, and not those silly short 1 minute videos..

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Gun Oil Melbourne Sydney

[@markkilley2683]

Because violence and craziness is accepted.

[@josem588]

As a Mexican I laugh when usa makes travel warning towards Mexico for being “too dangerous”

[@user-rl8kr1uj6c]

When are Social Media providers going to be held accountable for mass shootings???!

[@user-lvqk2wdp8sjn]

Social Media? More like Hollywood . . . _Cough, cough_ . . . Rambo, Chuck, Arnie, Gibson, Willis, Lundgren, Van Dam, Seagull . . .

[@t.m9341]

​@@user-lvqk2wdp8sjnthere was a mass shooting because Alec Baldwin promoted shootings

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@@user-lvqk2wdp8sjn I’ve seen those movies, my children have also - we’ve never shot anyone - come to think of it - I’m 70 and YeeeeHaaa I’ve never seen a real gun in Australia. Only in a cop’s holster I’ve had a few friendly and funny chats to them a well . Yes, they even crack jokes, the one’s I’ve met.There’s crime and illegal guns here probably. Myself and my friends have just never seen a gun. My grandchildren are now at school and it has never crossed my mind about them ever been shot at school. Not everything is perfect here, no country is perfect, but I know where I’d prefer to live - here thanks. Yes I’ve had family and friends visit and live for a short time in America. Enjoyed their time but feel much happier and safer living here.

[@Censortubes]

@@bernadettelanders7306 you rather live under a boot with worse crime rates in order to think you are safer? Funny stuff when you prison state subjects post.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Yes social media very unique to the US

[@jonnsonsam]

It would help if the media would stop lying and creating tensions.

[@TheSilverGate]

You can't be serious, are you justifying the slaughtering of people based on what you see on the TV? You guys are sick.

[@aftereffects00]

American enjoy real life GTA

[@shy404usernotfound]

GTA was literally based on America you dummy.

[@mikelacy7344]

Video games don’t make people violent

[@Zeltenus]

When you have more firearms then citizens in your country and most people own 1 gun or more then it shouldn't be suprising

[@user-js1hq6dl4k]

No mention of drugs?

[@ryugaop06]

Why need to mention drugs ? All criminals take drugs ? No problem is gun availablity

[@elainebarnes7870]

Don't have this in 🇬🇧 and we have mental health issues the same as America does. We don't all carry guns, Americans do,its as simple as that really.

[@Censortubes]

@@elainebarnes7870 you have worse knife crime than USA with a quarter of the population. Stop posting.

[@buntyjoy1800]

Err let me guess? Guns?

[@unvaccinatedAndPureBlood]

Beeb should be asking why are there a rise in knife crimes in the UK.

[@neildeeley4177]

Still lower than the knife crime and gun crime in America Also can you source knife crime is on the rise?

[@Bungle-UK]

Knife crime in London rose 40% in the first four years of mayor Khan as his imported mates ran wild.

[@liamp.8826]

They're following an agenda. They don't care about the shootings, they only care about disarming the people so they won't be able to defend themselves anymore!

[@Censortubes]

@@neildeeley4177 false ccp bot.

[@Censortubes]

@@neildeeley4177 fun facts, in a nation of 330 million people. Only 400 were shot by ar 15, yet the usa had almost 2k people beat to death by fists and feets. Lets ban your chevrolegs? 59% of gun deaths in the United States are by firearm suicide. an average of 23,891 deaths per year. We lose more to car accidents every YEAR. Why no ban? A total of 38,824 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2020. In a nation of 330m people , we only lose 15k to gun deaths in the highest gun law areas, all mostly from gang on gang crime. We lose 100k to fent ods the leaders are letting flood in. No ban? In a nation of 330m people , self defense gun uses total 3m per year( no shots fired), while the total deaths are only 15k from gangs. But remove the rights to defense? You going to tell the lady who is losing her dignity she cant use any tool manmade? Stabbing deaths and injuries are more common in Europe than in the Americas. Particularly in northern Europe, where levels of knife crimes among young people have increased and made headlines. Deaths by sharp objects are especially noticeable in the 15-19 and 20-24 age groups in Northern and Western European countries. The proportion of knife deaths is about three times greater than firearm deaths in these countries for the 20-24 age group. Knife-enabled crime recorded by the police saw a 10% increase to 49,027 offences in the year ending March 2022.. UK London. 67m total pop, you are more likely to die in the UK than the USA. 6 percent of your deaths are guns, thought banning them solves everything? Ill walk circles around your sad media talking points.

[@jpyoung9259]

Not true because 50 years ago Americans had more guns but less mass shootings I bet this . Chicago has tough gun laws

[@delaney6413]

It's important to remember here that Chicago is very close to two states that have relatively weak gun laws: Wisconsin and Indiana. So while it's easy to pick on Chicago (or any other high-crime city) for its ugly statistics, says one expert, taking bordering states into account weakens this gun-advocacy talking point. "It's not a scientific study. It's an anecdote," said Philip Cook, a professor of public policy studies at Duke University. "They might have pointed to Washington, D.C., back in the days when D.C. banned handguns and yet had high gun-violence rates. Those bans are only at best partially effective, because the borders are permeable."

[@nizzanator]

Thats why laws change from time to time depending on circumstances. Slavery ownership was also a god given right alongside the second ammendment for Americans in the past. Look at what happened ?

[@SherienElBehery]

What a simple brief clever creative presentation of the problem👏waiting for your suggested solutions😁

[@medusawitchful]

Ban gun is easiest but noooooooo

[@fucky81]

i love that this sucks brown girl trying to be white

[@DodoYuhhr]

​@medusawitchful if you ban guns then only criminals in places like Detroit or Chicago will have them because they already have lots of Illegal guns and cause the most mass shootings

[@starofdabloc]

Because they changed the definition of mass shootings that’s why

[@josem588]

As a Mexican is ridiculous that the failed states of America call Mexico “too dangerous to travel” when they have mass shooting every day

[@zitronentee]

From what to what?

[@_robustus_]

Why? Because the “rights” of a few matter more the safety of all.

[@goblinoide]

The rights of a few? The Second Amendment is for all Americans, not a few.

[@neildeeley4177]

@@goblinoidewhich has literally never been needed since it was created lol

[@Censortubes]

You cant fund three wars and tell the people no rights to self defense short bus.

[@Censortubes]

​@@neildeeley4177So you just admitted it works great? What's it like having a room temp iq?

[@Aw3someOpZ]

Quite literally yes. It show how good some people have it that they have never had to worry about defending themselves. If you’re not willing to give up your rights to free speech, the right to unreasonable search and seizures, and rights to fair an speedy trials, you have to maintain the right to bear arms. If you forgot how the last 3 years went, the power hungry politicians used EmErGeNcY powers to herd ppl like cattle. What do you think backs up the 1st Amendment? The second one. “Those who trade freedom for safety deserve neither.”

[@leannthomas2103]

BECAUSE YOU ADDED 16,17,18,&19 YEAR OLD AND GANGS IN THE ARCHIVES !

[@logik100.0]

More guns?

[@timcummings8062]

Still Why? She only covers the amount of firearms per person.

[@rogerbrownreacts8528]

Black people spray bullets at their gang rivals.

[@USGAYisPEDO]

Typical white always blaming black people for their own problem 😂😂😂

[@jessmason2112]

Politics, lobbyists, and money. If politicans really did their jobs there would be a significant reduction of gun violence. It is time to vote those politicans out.

[@gggqqq-qp4oz]

I wonder why lobbyists are a legal thing in America

[@jessmason2112]

@@gggqqq-qp4oz Political donations. It's part of the culture. Like Hookers to the mob.

[@user-pv2xy1og8h]

Yeah sure blame politicians. You all get the government you deserve.

[@jessmason2112]

There is no "we the people " in mass shootings. If there was they wouldn't happen.

[@Censortubes]

@@user-pv2xy1og8h < this is a ccp bot. 3 day old fake account.

[@monstermash1571]

We'll be asking the same question next year.

[@goblinoide]

Because of spiritual wickedness

[@thorts]

😂😂😂

[@goblinoide]

@@thorts People laugh at things they don't understand.

[@neildeeley4177]

Hahaha spooky man in the clouds

[@goblinoide]

@@neildeeley4177 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

[@zhaogeai]

To tell the truth, I went there to improve my English

[@preciouscartoons3424]

Most Americans cannot speak proper English

[@JonathanLukeAvery]

What happens when you take the gang related shootings (and illegally acquired firearms) out of those statistics? Oh right…we’re left with a fraction of a percent Love the news

[@J91Y]

bro i’m very pro gun but the truth of the matter is guns make life more deadly more guns = more death im pro gun and even i can admit that why can’t u

[@SidewalkCitizenLA]

There was also the expiration of the assault rifle ban in the early 2000s. If you look at the statistics before and after, there is a HUGE spike in shootings that just keeps growing.

[@Censortubes]

False ccp bot.

[@davematthews7686]

Actually that is incorrect. The percentage of killings committed with any rifle or shotgun is a very small fraction of overall gun related deaths. The FBI numbers have been consistent for years at around 500 deaths with all long guns. The AR-15 related number is a subset of this 500. Focusing on the AR-15 hinders implementing solutions to the overall problem of increased violence in the US.

[@unacceptablefringe7508]

@@davematthews7686 That's because the entire issue isn't about reduction of firearms related crime but to disarm the population. If it was about crime reduction then media promoting criminal sub-cultures would be squashed, mental health support programs would be implemented to help lonely, fatherless, at-risk youth to find meaningful purpose in life to prevent them becoming shooters, citizens would be permitted to open carry everywhere, and consequences for committing crime would be more severe.

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

​@@unacceptablefringe7508you're delusional lmao. Allowing everyone to carry guns everywhere increases crime.

[@unacceptablefringe7508]

@@kentknightofcaelin4537 I'd really like to see the studies on that because while carrying guns in public here is outright illegal, we have higher levels of gun violence per-capita than cities where carrying in public is legal. Criminals don't care if you tell them it's illegal to carry a gun in public. Simply put, you are the one who is delusional if you think that law abiding citizens carrying firearms will increase crime rather than decrease it by making less of them viable targets for criminals.

[@64SGH]

Ownership of guns is going down in the United Kingdom so why do we have more shootings than we did before 1997 when guns were legal to own ?

[@mac7040]

Have you considered examining how the society has changed in the last 26 years ? We also had fewer cars back then but is it surprising we have a lot more on the roads now ? As a hint look at the population levels and you will start to get the answer.

[@lastChang]

In China 🇨🇳, violent crimes are usually committed by the state, not individuals. Victims of violence are by the thousands. - Examples are: Tibetans in Tibet, Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and Tiananmen Square.

[@WangGolden]

Cope 😂

[@josem588]

Why usa don’t commits crimes against its people ?

[@drygimangdrminjak8177]

You could say the same about the American police constantly shooting unarmed people, but that doesn't count now, doesn't it?

[@josem588]

In Mexico they are did by drug cartels supported by the United terrorists of America because they sell guns to them

[@medusawitchful]

Tibet? Nothing happened in Tibet. What the heck you talking about

[@jamesdawson2510]

probably because of the number of freely available guns?

[@DodoYuhhr]

Ya for criminals

[@Lando-kx6so]

You couldn't pay me to ever live anywhere in America.

[@winstoningram99]

Hawaii?

[@Iverness-l8h]

Why would I want to pay you to live in America?

[@thegatekeeper2362]

Why is the government not talking nor taking care of our war vets.

[@ihatecabbage7270]

The only subjects that got US viewers get extremely pissed at BBC

[@barryhancock9558]

Why are there so many stabbings in the UK.

[@Scriabin28]

There are about 30% fewer stabbings per capita in the UK than in the US. Easy statistic to Google.

[@Censortubes]

@@Scriabin28 false ccp bot. fun facts, in a nation of 330 million people. Only 400 were shot by ar 15, yet the usa had almost 2k people beat to death by fists and feets. Lets ban your chevrolegs? 59% of gun deaths in the United States are by firearm suicide. an average of 23,891 deaths per year. We lose more to car accidents every YEAR. Why no ban? A total of 38,824 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2020. In a nation of 330m people , we only lose 15k to gun deaths in the highest gun law areas, all mostly from gang on gang crime. We lose 100k to fent ods the leaders are letting flood in. No ban? In a nation of 330m people , self defense gun uses total 3m per year( no shots fired), while the total deaths are only 15k from gangs. But remove the rights to defense? You going to tell the lady who is losing her dignity she cant use any tool manmade? Stabbing deaths and injuries are more common in Europe than in the Americas. Particularly in northern Europe, where levels of knife crimes among young people have increased and made headlines. Deaths by sharp objects are especially noticeable in the 15-19 and 20-24 age groups in Northern and Western European countries. The proportion of knife deaths is about three times greater than firearm deaths in these countries for the 20-24 age group. Knife-enabled crime recorded by the police saw a 10% increase to 49,027 offences in the year ending March 2022.. UK London. 67m total pop, you are more likely to die in the UK than the USA. 6 percent of your deaths are guns, thought banning them solves everything? Ill walk circles around your sad media talking points.

[@jc-qr8vk]

Im glad that my country has a strict gun laws ❤

[@josem588]

I am also proud but I am from Mexico where usa sells guns to drug cartels so the crime in my country is fault of usa

[@user-zs9bk2xh2h]

Because of jesus 😂

[@comrade9374]

Atleast manufacturered guns are working at home than in a foreign land😂

[@nunyanunya4147]

'why have we had this headline rerererereleased every week since 1982?'

[@ronlowery5633]

Will we hear about the mass airplane problems? The amount of drunk drivers killing people? Drugs? Incompetent healthcare problems? Incompetent governmental problems? NO!

[@louisogorman4806]

Mentally ill don't always kill there are other issues 😢

[@jws2899]

So, this was a waste of time.

[@robertskolimowski7049]

Misleading title, again🤦‍♂️

[@aftereffects00]

Just imagine-you're in PUBG online gaming, man. Always gotta hustle and find your weapons first to stay alive.

[@auro1986]

yes bbc, tell sumi about that country she is from before she complains about america

[@judithsullivan9703]

I live in a very small town in the Idaho backcountry. Every guy here owns an AR 15 it's Trump country here. People are talking about a revolution.The political discord is alive and well out here.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Good thing drones don't exist

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

Most criminals in the UK have guns and are not afraid to use them. Disarming law abiding people makes things a lot more dangerous.

[@mac7040]

What part of the UK do you live in chap? I have had the good fortune to live in most parts of the UK and have never felt the need to carry a firearm. You sound more American than British.

[@Scriabin28]

"Most criminals in the UK"?! I live in the UK, and unless you can produce statistics to support this, I'm going to call you a liar.

[@user-tw4xs8hi2v]

@@mac7040 It's because he is American. Anyway, why is he bringing up the UK? The topic of this video has nothing to do with us - we were not mentioned once.

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

@@mac7040 You know nothing about organised crime in UK.

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

@@Scriabin28 You are living in a false reality probably due to cowardice.

[@Redcliff123]

What do you expect from the descendants of Cowboys.

[@Censortubes]

Because the leaders arent sending people to jail and helping the crime rates.

[@ryugaop06]

Nope problem is gun . Us has highest jail rate

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

Europe has a culture, they have song, dance, architecture and food and they are proud of it. The US has, Levi's jeans, McDonalds, mass shootings, guns and bombs and you are proud of it?

[@ramonarodriguez149]

You forgot the serial killers, 25 to 50 are still active.

[@gypsysoulgypsy]

And the point is?

[@joelpetersen2480]

It's nuts.

[@boris8787]

Shocking!! For obvious reasons that would never happen in my town. ⛔⛔⛔

[@goggle921]

The world is an angry place and its getting worse

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

Don't include the world wen it comes to the US.

[@goggle921]

@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 ?

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@goggle921 what part did you not understand?

[@goggle921]

@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 why I shouldnt include the world u didnt explain

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@goggle921 because not all the world is getting worse. you do know there are other countries outside the US right?

[@duncanbedford4765]

Drugs don't kill people !!

[@scipioafricanus4875]

Term limits

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

In Australia they do a sort of line dance to the song Nutbush. In MERICA! they teach their children what to do, not if, but when, a shooter comes to the school. So, I guess it sort of balances out, right?

[@VIP77719]

ok how about Knife problem in Europe?🤣

[@Jps007cat]

How about you first answer the question, “why are mass shootings rising in Europe?” Because they are.

[@BansheeNT-D]

12 mass shootings 2023 in Europe in compare to the 604 in the States.

[@Deku-vo2dn]

from what I have seen it seems even North Korea is a safer country than the US now only if you follow their rules

[@PRIMAL_HUNTER1988]

I feel that you need to visit the clinic

[@Marcus.22823]

Don't lie 🤥🤥🤥 kid . 18 year old boy have military grade weapon 😂😂😂. Everyone gun violence happening in America. One one purchase military grade weapon 😂😂😂

[@davidadiwego4608]

"...more (shootings) than any other high income country in the world". That's a very specific qualifier you've had to use.

[@JakeKoenig]

They have to compare the US to the best countries in the world or they'd have no point. They compare our gun crime to places with almost no gun crime instead of all the countries with TONS of gun crime.

[@nizzanator]

@@JakeKoenigAnd the fact of how many firearms are produced in the U.S and in circulation right now, compared to most countries ? Did that slip your mind too ? America are a powerhouse when it comes to firearm manufacturing when compared to practically any country.

[@drygimangdrminjak8177]

It is, actually. It's pretty stupid to compare the Central African Republic and the USA.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Yea. The USA should only be compared to nati9ns undergoing war. Its unfair to compare us citizens who need to kill their neighbour to be safe to wealthy countries where you are safe already.

[@unacceptablefringe7508]

Love how everyone jumps to the "ban guns" conclusion while completely ignoring the lack of deterrence, mental health, and proliferation of criminal sub-cultures problems... Here in Canada we don't have mass shooting but instead have mass stabbings.... It's not guns that are the problem, just like its not knives that are the problem, it's a combination of a lack of deterrence, consequence, mental health help, and the promoting of criminal sub-cultures. Just look at the locations where these mass shootings all take place, most of them are "Gun free" zones where the shooter can go and be relatively confident that no one will be able to shoot back. In contrast there's the incident in a mall a short while back where a mass shooter was stopped by a citizen who was concealed carrying.

[@Scriabin28]

I haven’t found anyone in this thread saying “ban guns”.

[@unacceptablefringe7508]

@@Scriabin28 I find your lack of intelligence disturbing.

[@Scriabin28]

@@unacceptablefringe7508 Poor you, being all disturbed like that! Since no one did actually mention banning guns here, I got the impression that you’ve worked out just the one thing to say and are going to say it no matter what, even if it’s not applicable, But, as you say, I’m not too bright. And you’re disturbed. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Censortubes]

@@Scriabin28 what's it like having a room temp iq? This video is about banning guns alone.

[@Scriabin28]

@@CensortubesI think you'd better watch it again and write down the number of times the word "ban" is used along with the context in which it is used, and then revisit your opinion about this video being "about banning guns alone". Actually, you also might want to look up "psychological projection" for help with this obsession with other people's IQs. Enjoy!

[@trappevasken]

do any one, really have to explain that??????? ...... really??????

[@Ernawati-od3tr]

What happen in American with a Gun

[@fucky81]

this dose not make seance because what about the wild west what about prohibition what about the 60s the 70s 80s and the drugs in America, it is American culture. It is not on the rise we just have more cameras.

[@bigboots8785]

God bless 1791 2nd ammendment ,the freedom to bear arms has brought so much pain.

[@ryugaop06]

That time it was necessary what now ! Why ?

[@General_Alek]

why is the BBC presenter so often an Indian with an American accent?

[@gio-oz8gf]

She isn't an Indian, she's an American.

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

@@gio-oz8gf false

[@General_Alek]

her name couldn't possibly be more Indian @@gio-oz8gf

[@karlosthejackel69]

Because of forced diversity that everyone voted against

[@cryptohornbill9658]

How should an American look like dump head?

[@seblo2233]

🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@albihysenaj5997]

See in the past they had more serial killers than today when it was showing the graph 📈 of mass shooting in the 80s yes it was low but serial killing in the 80s and before there was plenty, now in the present and in the 2010s there mass shooters but this year there is way more shooters than before.

[@samcalvinist4986]

Grenade attack are also on the Rise in Sweden the country which has one of the strictest Gun Laws, also once safest country Sweden is now bombing capital of Europe, and also countries like Belgium and Netherlands both of which also have strict gun laws are now both NARCO states and are been taken over by Moroccan Mafia (Mocro Mafia). And in England itself which also has strict Gun laws, knife crime is also rising and is at all time high.

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

US knife crime is still higher.

[@delaney6413]

knife crime going up in response to gun crime going down is a good outcome. Knife attacks are infinitely more survivable than gun attacks. For instance, the Slenderman stabbing victim was stabbed 19 times in the throat and survived. Getting shot 19 times in the neck is not realistically survivable. Gun wounds are hard to stop from bleeding while knife wounds tend to be much easier to work with since the knife can be left in. I'd rather get attacked with a knife than shot. Stabbings do not have the trauma that bullets do. Guns also mean they can kill from a distance. Knives mean the guy has to get close to you, giving you a fighting chance.

[@ryugaop06]

​@@kentknightofcaelin4537less than USA

[@miket8909]

Because division is all part of the plan

[@user-xm5wr8ly9v]

Ban guns completely. Simple as that

[@MikeFoxtrot1]

Like in Mexico?

[@Censortubes]

Because that’s worked every where that has done it right? O wait it hasn’t.

[@Censortubes]

@HeathGallagher-xc1bh totally false ccpbot.

[@Censortubes]

@HeathGallagher-xc1bh < when the ccp bots post. Your crime is worse than USA with less pop. Don’t speak children less you have looked around.

[@Censortubes]

HeathGallagher-xc1bh the place that just had a mass casualty event at the mall? Or the one with the event at the church and more? Keep trying kids you are doing wonders.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsaiyan]

People saying guns don't kill people, people kill people couldn't possibly be any more incorrect. cause without guns the Casualties wouldn't be as high as they are now and there has been a study saying people with guns in there house are more likely to be more aggressive and commit murder than people with no guns at all and they said some people wouldn't even commit murder at all without guns. so I'm sorry but guns are the main problem not people.

[@Censortubes]

What did the second man kill the first with?

[@Censortubes]

Always some anime incel.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsaiyan]

@@Censortubes I'm sorry if you couldn't comprehend what I was saying. but if you have a problem with it then idk, all I said was a fact, a proven fact to be more precise.

[@Censortubes]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodsaiyan what do windows taste like?

[@public.public]

Maybe something to do with the fact that we're all working so hard just to make billionaires into trillionaires. What meaning in life is that?

[@fucky81]

in candada they band small guns. what did candaiands do buy as many as they could in case someone with a gun comes in there house why police are having a silent protest where they do not respond to 911 calls on time till they get more money

[@notaprogamer2782]

Orrr i could be becaue we keep talking about it on the news and keep talking about the killersas if their celebrities, then people using reddit or twitter or tumblr or facebook will see that and realize if they do the same theyll be famous also.

[@2simoneil]

Complex factors...lol. guns??

[@handsomestik]

I don't know? Why are their mass stabbings in the UK?

[@larkspur4714]

There aren't mass stabbings in the UK ...

[@RealUlrichLeland]

The knife crime rate in the US is higher than the UK. In 2016 there were 3.26 homicides due to knives per million people, in the US in the same year there were 4.96 per million people. However in 2016 the US also had 34 firearm related homicides per million people while the UK only had 0.48 per million. The US has 1.5 times the rate of knife crime and also 71 times the rate of gun crime. Source: euronews

[@Lando-kx6so]

There aren't

[@neildeeley4177]

Because there aren’t lol

[@winstoningram99]

There aren't. It's no higher than anywhere else. Actually pretty rare.

[@Ibrahim-et4qy]

Good morning Guys

[@Ibrahim-et4qy]

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[@Arafat.888]

Pls pray for Bangladesh It's became a so called democratic country Plssss foreign Reporters help us like u did in 1971 by sharing the truth to the world. The government not even afraid to the us sanction. The say, "we don't care."

[@tobiasGR3Y]

Typical lies. If you did research, you'd know that everything you just said is wrong, a half truth or simply disingenuous.

[@neildeeley4177]

Triggered American hugging his gun

[@Scriabin28]

Ah, an internet imbecille playing the "do your own research" card as an excuse for a real argument! What a shock! Real researchers, who've been doing real research for decades, disagree with everything you believe.

[@finfog4590]

It’s a bizarre, cultural ideology that is imbedded into the society. Also, imagine how many guns are passed on to younger generations as if it were a family heirloom.

[@biji122]

SSRI

[@fitnessfit5885]

it is all due to hollywood movie

[@rob6850]

Because we starting counting gang shootings as "mass shootings" even though that belittles the victims of truly heinous crime

[@johnmccain3877]

The problem is: criminals will always get the gun while ordinary people (in EU for example) are left to deal barehand against those individuals.

[@DangerAngelous]

Tell me then, how many mass shootings has the EU had in the last year?

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

so shouldn't gun crime then be a much bigger issue in the EU?

[@Censortubes]

@@underarmbowlingincidentof1981 fun facts, in a nation of 330 million people. Only 400 were shot by ar 15, yet the usa had almost 2k people beat to death by fists and feets. Lets ban your chevrolegs? 59% of gun deaths in the United States are by firearm suicide. an average of 23,891 deaths per year. We lose more to car accidents every YEAR. Why no ban? A total of 38,824 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2020. In a nation of 330m people , we only lose 15k to gun deaths in the highest gun law areas, all mostly from gang on gang crime. We lose 100k to fent ods the leaders are letting flood in. No ban? In a nation of 330m people , self defense gun uses total 3m per year( no shots fired), while the total deaths are only 15k from gangs. But remove the rights to defense? You going to tell the lady who is losing her dignity she cant use any tool manmade? Stabbing deaths and injuries are more common in Europe than in the Americas. Particularly in northern Europe, where levels of knife crimes among young people have increased and made headlines. Deaths by sharp objects are especially noticeable in the 15-19 and 20-24 age groups in Northern and Western European countries. The proportion of knife deaths is about three times greater than firearm deaths in these countries for the 20-24 age group. Knife-enabled crime recorded by the police saw a 10% increase to 49,027 offences in the year ending March 2022.. UK London. 67m total pop, you are more likely to die in the UK than the USA. 6 percent of your deaths are guns, thought banning them solves everything? Ill walk circles around your sad media talking points.

[@eevve9894]

Criminals will always get the gun? So you're saying USA's systems are useless (they kinda are and we have 2 party system, but it can be changed) and you're saying people who own guns legally cannot be hidden criminals. It's not a job, everyone can become criminal.

[@Censortubes]

@@eevve9894 yet its a certain demographic and areas commiting all the crimes. Try again once you have a grasp on it yes. They have a bigger crime rate in the eu than USA. It’s simple facts.

[@VoidHalo]

I can tell you this much, the answer to this question CAN NOT be answered in a 2 minute video. Socioeconomics is such a complex and multifaceted topic that you couldn't even begin to skim the surface if you presented an hour long lecture. People always want to look for one, easy to see, singular cause to explain things like this. But that's rarely how it works. It's like the story about how World War I started because a Serbian named Gavrillo Princip assasinated Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand II. There's a popular story about how Gavrillo intended to assasinate the Archduke in a public appearance, but missed his chance. So he went to a nearby deli for a sandwich and while eating, the Archduke happened to pass right in front of the deli, allowing Princip the opportunity to assasinate him. Which a lot of people point to as the cause of the war. Completely ignoring all of the politics leading up to WHY he was assasinated and WHY it was such a big deal as to cause a war, at the very least. Never mind the other contributing factors.

[@justanopinion7029]

Well not as if your hollywood superstars had nothing to influence people,,clint eastwood,bruce willis,arnie,stallone,stratham,lundgren...So on and so on all got rich outa there gun violence videos to buy there beach house mansions..After all if bruce willis can defeat a whole armie with his little glock them surely you can too right?..Also certain that games like gta5 have had a postitve influence as well but yno..Those are just the facts we will follow standard procedure and just ignore them