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  Unfortunately America is just a violent country in general. Guns are very prevalent here, but if you look st only the homicides committed with anything other than a gun you'll find we still have high numbers. Last I looked our knife homicide rate is almost as high as the homicide rate by any weapon in Canada.
context: Sadly (hopefully?) , that’s below the average for 2022. 
  But January is cold and summer is when the numbers add up. >
  
  I was just thinking this today as I drove by the spot two high school kids were shot by a third kid a few days ago. It’s not even summer. >
  
  Unfortunately, 2 kids getting shot isn't a "mass shooting" in today's standard so it won't even count towards the statistics. >
  
  This is a horribly sobering comment. Gun violence is so rampant in our country that we have ways to categorize the deaths for the sake of statistics. >
  
  I live a 2 miles from here. That are of town is sketchy at night, and it is bordered by some great areas to live. Pretty standard news in Baton Rouge though >
  
  That looks like the type of place where you’d go to get yourself murdered. >
  
  That's how I feel about the whole state >
  
  2 mass shootings on one night? A new world record >
  
  It's Gunday in America ... these things happen. >
  
  Everyday is gun day in America >
  
  It's five o'glock somewhere! >
  
  Almost 19:11 here. >
  
  Fewest deaths occur around 02:27 >
  
  Wth? People gotta relax. There's no need for all this bloodshed.
  I hope anybody out there thinking about making a new headline like this takes a few moments to have a snack and a nap before they decide if that's really how they want to be. >
  
  Not  lot of thinking going on prior to these incidents. >
  
  I'm lost for words. I live too far away to have advice/opinions as I have no understanding of culture and laws but... By all the gods I know the name of, I hope this stops. >
  
  A large percentage of those of us that live here don't understand the culture either. For the most part, it seems to revolve around money, masculinity and the perception of freedom. >
  
  Add in an unreasonable entitlement to being respected, a willingness to act violently to prove you deserve that respect and lastly, a societal obsession with individualism >
  
  those are the arguments that are used promote gun ownership/availability. In many cases, it's about money owed or drugs wanted. >
  
  People owe money and want drugs in other first world countries, but don't have a cultural issue with shooting each other at such a high rate. We're discussing the cultural reason Americans own guns, why they're so available and why they are used at such a high rate.... so, yes those are the cultural "arguments" used to promote guns here