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That’s what third world countries do, govern by violence first, instead of trying to solve underlying problems

Mass shooters do not have a legitimate place in any first world system of governance. Every country treats domestic terrorists the same way, regardless of whatever other solutions for the underlying problems might be attempted.

Ofcourse they should be felt with swiftly, but when it becomes a pattern you have to look at underlying causes

I don't see anyone arguing for letting mass shooters roam free.

The issue is: how to prevent those shootings in the first place. If you kill or jail them for life it doesn't exactly prevent the shooting they did, does it?

This hasn't stemmed the tide of mass shootings. Almost all of them are shot dead.

Doesn't seem like a very good fix when shootings keep happening.

When has police running around shooting people ever fixed anything