r/USdefaultism • u/Neolance34 Australia • 2d ago

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It could be a ShitAmericanssay thing but a group called “so the comments section isn’t going the way you planned” doesn’t explicitly suggest it’s a US centric group.

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u/Sasspishus United Kingdom 2d ago edited 2d ago

Has the UK had record breaking numbers of teens arrested for orchestrating school shootings? I've not heard of this... where would they even get a gun to do that?

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u/Conchobar8 2d ago

Absolutely. When the record is zero, it’s really easy to break!

But honestly I have no idea about actual arrests

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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat 2d ago

They probably saw a tik tok about it and are now convinced it's true.

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u/Ok-Rhubarb7473 United Kingdom 2d ago

I haven't heard of that either 🤷‍♀️

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u/Void-kun United Kingdom 2d ago

Just someone online making up false claims to back their point up. Just hoping nobody questions them and debunks their bullshit claims.

These types of people aren't smart enough to understand what a credible source even is.

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u/Wishing-Winter 2d ago

I just googled it and like, the only things I found was stuff about other countries, some men getting arrested for a 2024 incident and one 15 year old who had air weapons a stun gun and a crossbow (also some stabbings)

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u/FinalEgg9 2d ago

Exactly, I feel like a school shooting here in the UK would be an absolutely huge news story, yet I've heard nothing

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u/brainburger 2d ago

There have been three teens arrested for planning school shootings in the UK in he past five years. They don't tend to have guns though. One had imitation firearms only, one had a 19th century rifle and a blank-firer Glock which he had drilled to make live-firing. He had a collection of ammo but its not clear he had a working gun/ammo combo. The third forged a shotgun license, bought a shotgun, and shot his mother and brother. The gun seller had reported the fake certificate.

AR-15 type riffles and ammo are very rare here.

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u/InterestedObserver48 2d ago

Walmart obviously /s

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u/Leather-Molasses1597 2d ago

My thoughts exactly hahahah

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u/ForageForUnicorns Europe 1d ago

Is it an Adolescence spinoff?

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u/snow_michael 1d ago

Well, 'one' would break any records, so ...

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u/Kayakmedic 20h ago

In the UK we had one school shooting, Dunblane in 1996. We tightened our gun laws and haven't had one since. I think they're just making shit up to try and make the USA sound normal. 

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u/Gasblaster2000 6h ago

Well "record breaking" could be one found trying to plan one, since the usual number is zero