Why the US is No. 1 in mass shootings

[LuvNewcastle]

1. Good article.

I think American tv and movies play a big role as well. According to the article, American mass shooters are more likely than people in other countries to carry more than one firearm. We see people preparing for the big shootout in the movies, and they usually strap on all sorts of weapons. The shooters are preparing for overkill. They probably want to blow up the world, and this is the best they could do.

Another thing that I find interesting is that the shooters tend to dehumanize the victims into targets. Do they feel like society has dehumanized them? Mass shootings are a terrible tragedy, of course, but they are interesting to look at as microcosms of the society as seen by the shooter.