Mass shooters in the USA

First, about 87% of mass shooters in the USA are white men - white men with a gun and a grudge, who think they have every right to impose their wishes on other people no matter the cost. White men who think that because they have an opinion, they should always express it and always be listened to - no matter how ridiculous. White men who think "open carry" is acceptable in our modern society. White men who think threatening other people is acceptable, but being threatened in any way is not. They constitute a small percentage of the overall population of white men in our country, who as a group only are about 30% of our population.

But you would never know that white men are a minority in this country, since their overall noise and wealth and constant expressing of their opinions and their feelings of self-importance makes them seem like they are a vast majority instead of a minority  

- dancewater

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Freedom Rider: An Angry White Man Kills Again

by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley

“The stand your ground and open carry laws are a return to the days when white supremacy was openly expressed through conquest of the native population, slavery, and lynch law terror.”

Craig Hicks was a human time bomb in his Chapel Hill, North Carolina neighborhood. He was constantly spoiling for a fight, about noise or parking or anything else that he found irritating. Hicks was always armed, a resident of an “open carry” state which allowed him to wear a holstered gun anywhere at any time. On February 10, 2015, Hicks turned himself in to the police and confessed to murdering three people that day. 

The victims were identified as Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Abu-Salha. Hicks had argued with the family about parking spaces but it seems any reason to pull the trigger would have been good enough.

Hicks motive for the killing is murky. Some of his political views could be called liberal and others conservative. But more than anything Hicks was serious about being a white man. He loved his guns and he asserted his right to be armed at all times. It is likely that he had mental health issues, but the sickness did not emerge solely from this particular individual.

Where Hicks fell on the political spectrum is really beside the point. He expressed support for the right to bear arms, marriage equality and abortion rights but more than anything he supported his right to be violent. Because of their passivity everyone around him did as well.

His neighbors are now telling the media about his constant arguments and confrontations while being armed but there are no reports of anyone ever calling the police about his behavior. The Barakats told relatives they feared Hicks but ultimately decided not to call the police either. Hicks’ neighbors discussed their concerns among themselves but took no other action. The complicity led to unintentional enabling and that made the killings inevitable. 

REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE.