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If it were, why are there so few school shootings in the EU as compared to the US? I guarantee you europeans are no less hateful, there are just better gun controls
Sarcastic answer:
Europe has always been 10-15 years behind the curve culturally speaking, so it makes sense that these would start becoming more common now.
/S
Yet school shootings are increasing while guns are not, so there's clearly another factor at play here. To address your question, however, Europeans have fewer targets to hate compared to America, are less individualistic, have better safety nets and mental healthcare, are behind on the progression towards fascism, etc etc. Of course some/most US states desperately need better gun control, but that's ultimately a side-issue compared to the fact that US society is also deeply broken in many ways most/all European societies just aren't. Kids regularly trying to shoot up their classrooms is not normal; it's a symptom of a much deeper problem within society that needs to be identified and addressed. Focusing on gun control simply gives the government and its rich patrons something to point to so they don't need to unfuck society.