But I think tragic events and the ugly side of life can actually serve as a wake up call. No one wants to think about mass shootings, terrorism or death. Most people don’t like to think about these things and I understand why. “Since 2000, there have been over 61,000 terrorist attacks, killing more than 140,000 people.” – Global Peace Index Natural disasters are on the rise, anxiety, depression and stress is at an all time high, and then we’ve got assholes like Al-Qaeda flying planes into buildings, or pieces of shit like ISIS cutting people’s heads off, throwing them off the tops of buildings and burning them alive in cages. Mass shootings however, are just one of the many problems of our modern age. These numbers are on par to the 383 mass shootings that occurred in America in 2016, and the 333 mass shootings that occurred in 2015.įact: There are more mass shootings in America than there are days in the year.
This year alone there have been more than 345 mass shootings in America (the number grows larger every day), and that includes more than 10 since the Las Vegas strip shooting last week. What I do know is that mass shootings in America are on the rise, and the Las Vegas strip shooting was just one of more than 1500 mass shootings that have occurred in America in the last 5 years. Last Sunday, Stephen Paddock, a 64 year old retired accountant, shocked the world when he shot at an estimated crowd of 22,000 people attending a country music festival with an AK-47 and an AR-15 Assault rifle from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, killing 58 and wounding 489 others, triggering a stampede in the deadliest massacre in American history. Those are your friends your enemies are even worse!” – Donald Trump, 45th US President Even your friends are out to get you: they want your job, they want your house, they want your money, they want your wife, and they even want your dog. They act nice to your face, but underneath they’re out to kill you. In truth, it’s a cruel world and people are ruthless. “The world is a vicious and brutal place.