A spate of school killings in Western Europe has raised pressure on authorities to tackle a problem long seen as a largely U.S. phenomenon, increasing momentum for tougher gun and security laws and more policing of social media.
While mass shootings remain far more common in the United States, four of the worst school shootings in Western Europe this century have occurred since 2023 and two - a massacre of 11 people in Austria and another in Sweden - were this year.
This week’s killings in the Austrian city of Graz sparked calls for tighter gun laws by political leaders, mirroring the response of the Swedish government after the 11 deaths at the Campus Risbergska school in Orebro in February.
Nope. It’s the guns. People have a hard time hate-killing dozens of other people with their bare hands
It’s the hate that’s the problem! You don’t fix a problem without addressing the ROOT cause. Hate is the root cause!
Terrorist attack last week in Boulder. The guy tried to buy a gun and was denied. Dude prepped molotov cocktails, threw two of them, realized hurting random civilians is wrong and started putting out the fires. None dead.
Would’ve been totally different if he had a gun
Stop trying to sanewash this lunatic. Agreed it would have been much worse with a gun, but let’s not pretend he had a change of heart and wanted to help.
https://boulderreportinglab.org/2025/06/02/live-updates-boulder-terror-attack-at-pearl-street-walk-for-hostages/
I guess I’m wrong? Would it have been better if he had a gun?
European countries already have absurdly tight gun control; more of that would simply be barking up the wrong tree. Also, as France found out recently, when there are no guns other lethal weapons—like knives—are used instead, and don’t even get me started on pipe bombs.
So you’re advocating that EU nations should import the 2nd Amendment because (checks notes) knives and pipe bombs??
Jayzuz buddy. You got some issues.
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