I'm actually not as scared of a terrorist attack on the US because they announced it. I'm more scared that while everyone focuses on the US, they'll hit someone else. I'm also scared that the US may be starting on a very bad path when it comes to the refugees.
Basically, we are starting down the road of genocide with the very first step: dehumanizing. We are calling them Syrian rats. I would urge people to read this article written by the Washington State governor Jay Inslee and realize what the other governors are doing. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/21/opinion/why-my-state-wont-close-its-doors-to-syrian-refugees.html?referer=&_r=0 Hopefully you can make a difference and convince your state governors to allow the refugees in (even though they can't refuse). And know that each one definitely is out through rigorous checking to get in
Hate to burst your bubble but from 2001 to 2013 the total number of Americans that were killed due to gun violence IN OUR OWN COUNTRY was 406,496. That's what we're doing to ourselves. How many Americans have died in that same time due to terrorism in our country and around the world? 3,380.
I read somewhere (of course I can't bloody remember where!) that mass shootings in schools should be considered terrorist attacks because the perpetrators have the same goals. However usually, especially if the kid/person who performed the mass shooting is white, they inevitably have some kind of mental issue and it becomes about that instead and about the psychology and reasoning behind it.
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Americans are very complicated when it comes to the 2nd Amendment. Many gun owners feel a gun is the right of all Americans, but that there should be controls in place to stop people who shouldn't have one. Unfortunately this sensible, moderate stance is overshadowed by the screaming of those who stand to gain from gun proliferation--people who make money off it, supremecists swearing there will be a race war, anti-government groups. These people have a vested interest in making sure "the person is the problem, not the gun" is the narrative so gun control is kept at bay. For some reason they have issues believing there can be gun control without making everyone give up their guns.
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That's nowhere near true. We did all that we could about that shooting, and if you want to argue, just know that my cousin goes to that school and they shut down for the rest of the month.
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I think the point of that went right over your head. Notice we fall all over ourselves to attack any perceived outside terrorist threat head on because we "have to protect our citizens", but still leave the potential domestic terror victims (schools, colleges, people gathering for celebrations or entertainment) to protect themselves by basically telling them "get your own gun and be wary." That's the point. Also a point: Nobody did anything about the shooting, they only did what they could about the AFTERMATH of the shooting, while constant rules and regulations are enacted to preemptively STOP outside threats.
I don't know, maybe terrorists could do something like fly some airplanes into some buildings or plant explosives on marathon routes or attack concerts... I'm just spitballing here of course. But I'm probably just paranoid delusional and you're the rational one. Yeah that's probably it.
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Willfully misreading is more like it. Nowhere did I say attacks never happened, I said we throw our money at outside threats and ignore ones committed by citizenry. But let's look... 9/11, okay. Boston marathon, okay. Both kicked off a slew of investigations, criminal profilings, rules and regulations about flying, travel, immigration, "give us all these extra powers and money and we will protect you." LA airport shooting, Little Rock shooting, Fort Hood shooting, Charleston shooting, Tallahassee police shooting, Sandy Hook shooting, Aurora theater shooting, Oregon college shooting, Sikh temple shooting, Birmingham shooting, response: "Citizens need to buy more guns and protect themselves." More US terror plots have been stopped since 9/11 than have happened because they actively try. Citizen shootings continue because they do not. That is the comparison made above.
Oh really? You want to differentiate between two very bad groups of people because one lives in our country and the other doesnt? They are both evil. Period! 9/11 or something like it is ok? You're an idiot too guest.
Further: look at these numbers https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2009-2013.xls
And: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/hus11.pdf