Thank you for the work that you do.

Drive through any city, and truthfully, it isn’t white males shooting people approximately 40 times each day across the country.

I work in an animal shelter that, among other things, holds animals for evidence in cruelty cases. I frequently see the animal victims spend more time in the shelter than their abusers spend in jail. It’s incredibly frustrating for us.

There are people lobbying to create a federal list of animal abusers, BUT, animal cruelty laws are extremely weak, and people often are not convicted. Many are only charged with misdemeanors, which do not stop people from owning guns if they are convicted. In many cases, all the offender has to say is that they were…

Did you happen to read that multiple shootings are becoming so common that some people have witnessed more than one shooting already? Being part of a multiple shooting might be a low risk, but it is certainly increasing.

Fun fact about the NRA: it actually lobbies against laws that criminalize domestic violence, because they make it harder for domestic abusers to buy guns.

Not to mention the fact that the mental health system in this country has been borked since the Regan administration. That helps.

It is infruiating. I can’t speak for Canada or Mexico but in the US It does vary from state to state with a few states serving as good role models. A. few years ago a man in MA got 55 years for ongoing abuse and torture of a dog. Every minute he spends in jail is deserved. However in some states especially ones that…

Your information is based on a flawed premises. You are not factoring in sample size. That is like saying 5/10 is larger than 2/3 because 5 is larger than 2.

And by the way, driving a car requires a license. And regulations on cars continue to expand. They are committed to make automatic braking systems to be standard.

I wasn’t surprised in the least to read about this. Every time some asshole white dude goes on a shooting rampage, he’s some anti-government, misogynist type who has a history of violent acts.

Thank you for the clarification that mental illness does not equal violence. I’m sick of the idea of trigger happy men mass murdering and getting away with being “crazy.” Agreed with the US being terrifying for the Other.....we women can’t even get basic health care with out being terrorized. Uggg.

I cannot understand why North America is so lax on animal offences. It is infuriating - especially when there is significant evidence that many murderers and sociopaths start out abusing animals.

There very well be mental illness at play here. But mental illness doesn’t equal violence. Plus, as Obama noted a few years ago, the US doesn’t have a monopoly on mental illness. We sadly aren’t even the only country with widespread white male privilege and national political figures who spew out hateful rhetoric that…

This, I’m sure, has nothing to White Male Privilege or White Christian Patriarchy at all!

Sadly, in the US this kind of history won’t keep you from being able to get many guns.

If he wasn’t convicted, he can steal legally buy a gun. Ask my abusive ex...

Mental illness without guns is much better than mental illness with guns.

People who shoot dogs should be on some kind of list.

Whew, he was a lone wolf! We can rest assured knowing that no other like-minded white men will commit such heinous acts!

It’s not true mental illness (and being mentally ill doesn’t mean you want to shoot people, such a bullshit scapegoat) but there’s really something... off about these anti-government, live off the grid types. I am completely unsurprised by all of this information. Nothing good ever comes from strange white men who…