The thing with mass shootings these days, these MINORITY of mass shootings that happen in America but trigger the outrage and media storms (because any of us could be in one, not just the day to day gang banging that normal's don't actually care about) where innocent people are shot up by a nutcase with a gun... Remind me more of the rash of serial killings that were rampant through America between the 1960's to the 1980's
The serial killings were a fad, self fulfilling prophecy so to speak, its a natural effect in society, but they sort of seemed out of control and they were happening more and more.
The reality was they were inspiring each other, they became a fad, and as shock and horror by the masses and the press died down because they were over reported on and seemed to have no solution, interest waned in them and eventually the numbers of them died down. Make no mistake, these killers were performing these killings not just to apease their sick desire, but also their narcissistic ones.
I feel like these mass shootings are our generations serial killings. And like the number of serial killings in the USA, they will die down. Its a fad. A fad that appeals to sick people, but a fad none the less.
Make no mistake. If someone is going to perform a mass shooting, they have an interest in the same mass shootings that you're upset about, only instead of being upset that they happen, they think about other things they are upset with and get inspired to do one themselves. They want the attention, the self gratification, all of it.
As the collective horror over these events die down, which it is, hence the LV shooting just fading into memory mere months after it happened, means that these record breaking mass shootings themselves will start to die down as well.
Will they ever come to an end all together? HELL NO.. there will always be mass killings.
You could get rid of all the guns, and you'll still see em. We saw one with a truck last week. You could give everyone in the country food and shelter, and you'll still see them. You could give everyone the healthcare they deserve and security, and they'll still happen.
But.. what we see these days, the attraction of playing lone survivor and settling the score by making it to the front page with a record breaking mass murder, will eventually die down. At least in the form that we see it today. Excpect bombs or some shit to be another version of this that you'll see in your golden years, or maybe robot drones controlled by hacker psychopaths, who knows what horrors we will see as time goes on.
Are we at the peak or the decline of the American mass shooting? that remains to be seen. I feel like we're due for many more, but we will see them start to peter off over the next 10 years.
But.
Like serial killings, there is no bureaucratic way to stop them. Only cultural phenomenons and interests changing.
So just ride it out kids. That's all you can do.
Or you know, remove your own freedoms, like we did after 9/11.
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