The ban lasted for 10 years. Where were the mass shootings before it was enacted in 1994? Columbine happened 5 years after the ban passed. new machine guns were legal to buy freely before 1986, whats happening there on the chart? these are the sort of basic questions I would have before assigning causation instead of correlation*. *assuming you don't just swallow whatever propaganda is fed to you on twitter without questioning it.
I wonder if there's more to the story. If this kid saw himself as a "white supremacist" and these children he murdered were the "other" children. His international contacts were very strange and he never tried to pick up dates in his mostly Hispanic dominant hometown?
Affordability?, ie easier access. After some years there are more used guns on the market which brings down prices?
China Urges UN Rights Chief to Look Into School Shootings in US China has called for the United Nations human rights chief to investigate mass shootings in the US, in an apparent effort to shift the focus from allegations of abuses in its far western Xinjiang region. The Global Times made the suggestion in an editorial Tuesday, a day after Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular briefing in Beijing that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights should produce a report on problems the US faces. “The US system is equally incapable, or lacks interest, motivation, and courage, to address these problems thoroughly,” said the Communist Party newspaper, which added that US domestic issues have “intensified its external aggression.” China has ramped up criticism of the US’s human rights record around a trip to the Asian nation by UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, and the fault-finding escalated after the recent killings at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and at a school in Uvalde, Texas. The party’s flagship People’s Daily ran a commentary under the headline “Racism a poison running through American body politic,” that referenced the killing of Blacks in Buffalo, and the official Xinhua News Agency and English-language China Daily published similar articles. The commentaries appear to be an effort to hit back at the US, which along with lawmakers in other nations, has accused China of carrying out genocide in Xinjiang. Beijing calls the accusations “the lie of the century.” said in a statement that authorities “did not enable a complete and independent assessment of the human rights environment” in the world’s No. 2 economy and that it had reports Xinjiang residents were warned not to complain. Activists Say UN Rights Chief’s China Trip Whitewashed Abuse Human rights groups were also critical of Bachelet and her six-day trip, which she repeatedly said wasn’t an “investigation” of Chinese practices in Xinjiang or elsewhere. At a press conference marking the end of the visit, Bachelet gave her most detailed answer to a question from a reporter with Chinese state media about gun violence and racism in the US. Bachelet did say at the briefing that any actions by the Chinese government to address alleged terrorism and radicalism must not come at the expense of human rights. Adrian Zenz, senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, told Bloomberg TV later that he considered Bachelet’s visit to Xinjiang “a disaster” for her failure to condemn China. He also called on her to resign. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...hts-chief-to-look-into-school-shootings-in-us
Hmm, guns don't really lose value like other typical items (cars/electronics etc.), sure they can lower but it's typically 25% max and can often go the other way depending on laws/pending laws etc./certain brands/types. With that said, there is sometimes an increased amount in circulation that can stay there - possibly leading to easier access. For example, when/if a ban happens, pre-ban weapons increase in value. Also, another example, when Obama was coming into office/in office, it actually caused more guns to be sold at a higher rate due to worries there might be restrictions etc./putting the 94-04 ban back in place. This is the most recent example I can think of atm: https://www.vox.com/2016/1/21/10801664/obama-gun-sales Obviously there's probably more talking points, but these are just some examples I can think of atm.
The red line also corresponds with the wide availability of high-speed internet and the start of widespread social media. Now you have bullying beyond the schools. Now you have easy access to how to carry out a mass shooting. Now you have access to places that support extremism. Now you have a worldwide audience. The internet is simultaneously the best and worst thing about today's world.
Most analysis I have heard is the internet has pushed us into a group mentality where there is a cascade effect. This first guy in a group on the street to break a window has the largest barrier to overcome. Each successive window break or car set fire reduces the threshold for the next person to do it. Soon you have a riot.
