akindofmagic93:

You know what? America is really starting to piss me off regarding their gun laws. How often do you hear about school shootings happening in the UK or Australia or Canada? Pretty much never. Why? Because those countries have gun laws.

In 1996, the Dunblane school massacre happened in Scotland which killed 16 children and 1 teacher. Do you know what happened after that? Reforms were made to gun control laws. How many gun related massacres have there been since? One (Cumbria, 2010, which wasn’t a school shooting).

In 1996, the Port Arthur massacre occurred in Australia which killed 35 people and wounded 23. Do you know what happened after that? Strict gun laws were introduced. How many gun related massacres have there been since? None.

Now, America. 59 people died in the Las Vegas shooting last year. 50 people died in the Orlando nightclub shooting last year. 33 people died in the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Sandy Hook, 2012, 28 deaths. Sutherland Springs, 2017, 27 deaths. Need I go on? How many more innocent lives need to be taken before America realises that maybe they need to do something about their gun control laws?

Of course, any American who’s reading this and is pro-guns won’t take any notice of what I’ve just said or the statistics. They’ll be full of arguments for why guns should stay. ‘Changing the laws won’t make a difference.’ Bollocks, the UK and Australia are prime examples for why changing gun control laws works. And as for those of you saying ‘guns don’t kill people, people kill people,’ you can all shut the fuck up. A gun makes their goal a lot easier to accomplish. It’s a lot easier to stop a person with a knife, for example, than it is a person with a gun. A person with a knife will likely only injure a few people before they’re stopped, a person with a gun… well just see the statistics above.

Yesterday’s shooting is the 18th school shooting of the year so far. It’s February. How is that acceptable? Even if it was December 31st, that would not be acceptable.

America, do you want more of your children to die? No? Then fucking do something about it.