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If you wonder why the rest of the world looks at USA funny, here's a counter point:

There are 9614 schools in Australia, and since 1992 there's been a total of six shootings resulting in a sum of 3 deaths. The deaths were at universities, so strictly speaking no children were lost. There have been no more school shootings since 2012, a year that took no lives.

By US standards we could have 3-4 shootings per year and that would be "not regular"?

Christ.

As a parent in Australia, youth violence with knives as well as distracted drivers concern me. Guns? Not even on my radar.

(https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/could-a-mass-shoo...)



I would caution you still. Enjoy that you don’t have the blight we have in the US - but also be on guard against any forces towards such politics. It can happen anywhere with the wrong element propping up harmful policies entering the political sphere.




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