Official Mass Shooter Thread

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Motive is everything. If every American had 500 firearms but no motive to shoot anyone, very few Americans would be shot. Conversely, if every American had one gun, but they all had a motive to shoot other people, lots and lots of people would be shot. The only time people get shot without a motive is accidentally.

Boru

IN WHAT CONTEXT?

Motive only addresses individual cases. 

But, when we are talking about firearm violence, be it suicide, domestic violence, accidental, gang, or mass shooting, the common connection is always ease of access to firearms in a long term context.

Not sure what you mean by ‘In what context’ (and even less sure why you felt the need to shout it at me).

If you remove motive from the equation, the only gun deaths would be accidental ones. Apart from that, motive applies to every single gun death, without exception. This is why motive is so vitally important to the discussion.

Boru