Email or username:

Password:

Forgot your password?
stux⚡

Just a little reminder that here in Europe, we play the same exact video games as youth from the United States

We do not have (daily) school shootings however

Instead of blaming video games, start looking at the super easy to get weapons on each corner of street problem

Games are not the problem, weapons are 🇺🇸

5 comments
stux⚡

And ofc guns alone are not the "only problem", I am aware

But it is one of the major ones and people love to divert attention from this to other matters

But instead of using matters like the LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE they rather talk about their "rights"

Other people have the right not to die, think about that instead 😉

mekka okereke :verified:

@stux

Only correction, but an important one.

US school shooters don't get their guns "on the street."

Guns are extremely expensive. US school shooters are usually rich, white, men and boys (~85%) and use guns legally owned by their families.

I don't think people realize how expensive guns are, and how much US gun ownership is concentrated in rich, white, men.

As you look at this picture, realize that each AR 15 costs about $1000.00.

1/N

Jon Sullivan

@mekkaokereke @stux Wow. That photo! I just went to the photographer’s website and looked through their gallery of “Ameriguns” family portraits. It’s like the US is on another planet. gabrielegalimberti.com/the-ame

Jan-Willem Ruys

@joncounts Thank you for that link, absolutely stunned. Sometimes you really hope something is AI generated but I fear it’s not.

Jon Sullivan

@jruys Yes, AI was my first thought too, but no. Real Americans with real guns, captured by an Italian photographer. I’ve since read more about the project here in an article on My Modern Met: mymodernmet.com/gabriele-galim

Go Up