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ck4829

(35,091 posts) Wed Dec 19, 2018, 11:10 AM Dec 2018

A mass shooting has, I think for the first time, given the US a black eye human rights-wise

Two narco-states, a near failed state and the U.S. These were among the deadliest places to practice journalism in 2018, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which added the U.S. to the worst offenders list for the first time in the annual roundup’s 23-year history.

The home of the first amendment ranked in the top five most lethal countries for members of the press, behind Afghanistan, Syria, Mexico and Yemen, while tying with India.

Six journalists lost their lives in the U.S. over the past year. Four, as well as a sales accountant, were brutally killed when a gunman opened fire on the Capital Gazette newsroom in June in the deadliest single attack on the media in recent history.

http://time.com/5483773/us-deadliest-countries-journalists-deaths-2018/

Not reining in those "mentally ill" mass/spree shooters has consequences apparently. Turns out having the whole "Oh well, what are you are gonna do?" mindset from lawmakers on these shootings doesn't mesh well with the security and legitimacy of a state.

It's not a good look for the US and I'm just surprised it didn't happen sooner.

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A mass shooting has, I think for the first time, given the US a black eye human rights-wise (Original Post) ck4829 Dec 2018 OP

You don't think any earlier mass shootings haven't given this country PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #1

To the point where it affects where we are compared to other countries ck4829 Dec 2018 #2

A number of years ago, so many German tourists were getting killed in Florida, Aristus Dec 2018 #3

If I lived in a country that had sensible gun laws, no way would I visit the USA. nt raccoon Dec 2018 #4

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. You don't think any earlier mass shootings haven't given this country

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Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:39 PM

Dec 2018

a black eye already?

Haven't some countries already warned their citizens that this isn't a safe country to travel to because of all the guns?

I suspect that the essential reason we are not already a pariah country to the rest of the world is that our hundreds of military bases are a sufficient economic benefit that they're willing to be quite hypocritical about this.