@chu they've normalized kids getting shot to death in math class, there's no limit
Doc Freemo 
@AlexanderVI Your chance of getting struck by lightening in your life is x2 higher than your chance of dieing in a school shooting in your lifetime. No one normalized kids getting shot, it is such a rare event it has never been a "nornal" thing, tragic yes, but exceedingly rare with literally every other threat being bigger than it.
@freemo
Are you listening to yourself? You made "kid getting shot in class" (something that in most places is so rare to happen less than once in a decade) almost as common as being struck by lighting (which is not as rare of an event) and you sound creepily proud of it. 
I didn't make anything happen, reality did that, I'm just pointing it out. And no, it isn't almost as common as being struck by lightening, not even close, lightening is 2x MORE common.
I've lived my whole life in the USA and never once been in or around a shooting, let alone a mass shooting Only time I ever experienced a mass shooting was in the Netherlands.
But yea, I totally agree, they are absolutely preventable, exceedingly rare, more rare than lightening strikes but preventable. I never said anything to suggest they are. IF the USA had even a fraction of the mental health access and education most of Europe has shootings would be nearly non existent. By all means we should get those things and end shootings.
That said, the point still stands, if you are living in fear of shootings when they are half as common as being struck by lightening, then your fear is directed in the wrong places.
Also to be clear neither lightening nor school shootings are unpreventable. Lightening can be prevented with lightening rods. Since lightening is x2 more common we should be investing in more lightening rods before spending money or more rare events, based on that logic. Personally I'm all for addressing the mental health issue as it will fix more problems than **just** school shootings.
@freemo
True. It is a simple fact of reality that school shootings are as inevitable and inescapable as lightning strikes. And that's why they happen in the USA with much greater frequency than anywhere else in the world. They're like tornadoes, or Taco Bellses.
@j_bertolotti @AlexanderVI