In todays America, mass shootings are simply advertisements.
the time for sympathy with America for mass-shooting atrocities is long past. It is perfectly obvious that America doesn’t care in the slightest about them; the only actual reaction to a mass shooting is an uptick in weapon sales — accompanied after this one by an increase in demand for the bump-stock accessories which made it that much more lethal. In today’s America, mass shootings are simply advertisements.
Marc Pitzke considers the depressing vista:
Weapons law in the US
The mendacious debate
The Las Vegas massacre has sparked a new discussion in the USA about the weapons laws. But it will lead to nothing. The Americans would have to accept uncomfortable insights in order to tackle the issue meaningfully.
The topic is so much more complex. But in order to make sense, the Americans would have to accept uncomfortable insights.
The insight that the gun is racist. Gunmen were always a privilege of the Whites. The Ku Klux Klan also arose to confiscate the weapons of blacks. The US weapons lobby NRA is to a large extent still white - and whites are often the only ones who can claim the second constitutional amendment, the general right to arms. However, armed blacks and religious minorities are often considered "thugs" and "terrorists".
The insight that for Americans their "Christian" country people are a statistically greater threat than islamist fanatics. But instead of talking openly about this - often right-radical - "domestic terrorism", the president prefers to ban the entry of Muslims.
The insight that the NRA is not a regulator, but the lobby of the arms industry. Their handlers are conservative politicians, who, paid with donations, keep the laws lax. This week they want to pass a law, which facilitates the acquisition of silencers, to protect the hearing of the shooters. It was postponed after the baseball assassination attempt to wait for their colleague, Scalise, who returned to the plenary on Thursday.
The realization that tougher laws alone are not enough. But the causes of gun violence, psychological problems, family disintegration, America 's class system, growing hatred between all - seem to be taboo as well as more ingenious solutions such as "smart guns". In addition, the Congress canceled the research grants.
As well as the insight that even the Democrats rarely jump over their shadows. They complain about the status quo, but they do not find the courage to be courageous about Las Vegas and just mouth platitudes. "Las Vegas is a safe place," said Steve Sisolak, the Democratic district chief of Clark County, on Monday evening. "We encourage everyone to visit us."
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buy a gun just like that used in the massacre of the children. They are a sick bunch.
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