A guy delivers a very powerful message on Facebook with a video of him cutting the barrel of his automatic rifle rendering it useless. He later on posted a photo of the same gun cut in two pieces using the hashtag oneless.
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This is the link to his moving video. Been seen over 20M, needless to say it went viral.
https://www.facebook.com/100007513365065/videos/1993503840910042/?id=100007513365065
What made this self proclaimed gun lover with a 'second amendment' tattooed on his arm do a complete turn around? After the the Florida shooting, killing 17 people. Mostly teenagers barely hitting adulthood.
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One of his reasons were that he doesn't want to see his kids looking down the barrel of a gun one day. He ended the video with the word 'one less'.
U.S. has the most school shootings in the world
Here is the list of school shooting incidents that have happened around the globe. The most people killed in one incident was in Russia back in 2004 where 384 people were killed and 783 injured. Only one incident compared to U.S.'s 39 school shootings.
Bath School disaster May 18 1927 Bath Township, MI
44 DEAD
58 INJURED
Virginia Tech shooting April 16 2007 Blacksburg, VA
32 DEAD
17 INJURED
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting Dec 14 2012 Newtown, CT
27 DEAD
2 INJURED
University of Texas tower shooting Aug 1 1966 Austin, TX
17 DEAD
31 INJURED
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting Feb 14 2018 Parkland, FL
17 DEAD
14 INJURED
Columbine High School massacre April 20 1999 Columbine, CO
15 DEAD
24 INJURED
Umpqua Community College shooting Oct 1 2015 Roseburg, OR
9 KILLED
9 INJURED
Red Lake massacre March 21 2005 Red Lake, MN
9 DEAD
5 INJURED
Oikos University shooting April 2 2012 Oakland, CA
7 DEAD
3 INJURED
Isla Vista killings May 23 2014 Isla Vista, CA
6 DEAD
14 INJURED
Stockton schoolyard shooting Jan 17 1989 Stockton, CA
5 DEAD
32 INJURED
Poe Elementary School bombing Sep 15 1959 Houston, TX
5 DEAD
19 INJURED
Northern Illinois University shooting Feb 14 2008 DeKalb, IL
5 DEAD
17 INJURED
Westside Middle School massacre March 24 1998 Jonesboro, AR
5 DEAD
10 INJURED
West Nickel Mines School shooting Oct 2 2006 Nickel Mines, PA
5 DEAD
5 INJURED
Mesa school massacre Nov 12 1966 Mesa, AZ
5 DEAD
2 INJURED
Santa Monica shooting June 7 2013 Santa Monica, CA
5 DEAD
2 INJURED
University of Iowa shooting Nov 1 1991 Iowa City, IA
5 DEAD
1 INJURED
Thurston High School shooting May 20/21 1998 Springfield, OR
4 DEAD
25 INJURED
Lindhurst High School shooting May 1 1992 Olivehurst, CA
4 DEAD
10 INJURED
Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings Dec 9 2007 Arvada and Colorado Springs, CO
4 DEAD
5 INJURED
Illinois school massacre Sep 23 1988 Chicago, IL
4 DEAD
2 INJURED
Marysville shooting Oct 24 2014 Marysville, WA
4 DEAD
3 INJURED
Olean High School shooting Dec 30 1974 Olean, NY
3 DEAD
11 INJURED
Pearl High School shooting Oct 1 1997 Pearl, MS
3 DEAD
7 INJURED
Heath High School shooting Dec 1 1997 West Paducah, KY
3 DEAD
5 INJURED
Appalachian School of Law shooting Jan. 16 2002 Grundy, VA
3 DEAD
3 INJURED
Chardon High School shooting Feb 27 2012 Chardon, OH
3 DEAD
3 INJURED
Frontier Middle School shooting Feb. 2 1996 Moses Lake, WA
3 DEAD
1 INJURED
San Diego State University shooting Aug. 15 1996 San Diego, CA
3 DEAD
0 INJURED
University of Arizona College of Nursing Shooting Oct. 22 2002 Tucson, AZ
3 DEAD
0 INJURED
HCTC shooting Jan. 15 2013 Hazard, KY
3 DEAD
0 INJURED
Santee school massacre March 5 2001 Santee, CA
2 DEAD
13 INJURED
Los Angeles elementary school killings Feb 24 1984 Los Angeles, CA
2 DEAD
12 INJURED
Cleveland Elementary School shooting Jan 29 1979 San Diego, CA
2 DEAD
9 INJURED
Oakland Elementary School shooting Sep 28 1988 Greenwood, SC
2 DEAD
9 INJURED
USC killings Oct 6 1979 Columbia, SC
2 DEAD
5 INJURED
Costa Mesa school massacre May. 3 1999 Costa Mesa, CA
2 DEAD
5 INJURED
Bard College shooting Dec. 14 1992 Great Barrington, MA U
2 DEAD
4 INJURED
Aztec High School shooting Dec 7 2017 Aztec, New Mexico United States United States
2 DEAD
0 INJURED
That's a staggering amount. When you add how many deaths in the U.S, it works out that they have the 2nd most deaths in the world in school shootings. Just go through the lists in here.
As you scroll down to the bottom of the list, you will see United States in almost every line. Makes you wonder doesn't it? Why does US have the most school shootings? Is the government waiting for a massacre where 100 lives are lost because 44 is not high enough number in one shooting incident before making a drastic move?
Solution?
It's a question that everyone want answered as President Trump push for more background checks on gun buyers and bans on devices that shoots hundred rounds a minute.[source]
Is this the right solution or it's just a band aid.
Background checks? Anyone can lose their shit. Even a sane teenager with no records can go on a rampage.
Mental disability check? How do you know someone is sane or insane? I doubt they will even go on record to declare that they are crazy. Sometimes the system don't listen.
Ban on automatic rifles? A pistol can't kill 100 people? One death makes it OK?
I do not think this will solve U.S.'s reoccurring school shootings. A drastic change needs to be on the agenda and I think a legislation banning any type of guns should be approve.
Will banning guns in the US reduce or even stop school shootings? Open discussion.