I've waited to respond on the YouTube shooting until the facts could be sorted out. This is because in the days following the shooting, I've heard so many different accounts of the who the shooter was and why she did it, that I wanted to be sure of what was true before I started to discuss the issue.
Here are the actual facts:
1. Shooter used a handgun that she purchased legally (as it was registered to her). Now, what this tells me is that the common sense gun laws that California has did work...to an extent. No one was killed (other than the shooter killing herself), and only 3 people were injured. Had the shooter used an AR-15 (which is very hard to purchase in California due to state laws), this could have been a very different and darker story! I've already posted about the difference in damage between the caliber of bullet used in most handguns vs that of the AR-15, and how much more damage the bullet of an AR-15 does. This is due to the bullet moving faster than that of a handgun...and most of the damage is done from the kinetic energy of this round entering the body. I've also pointed out that due to the low recoil of an AR-15, it is much easier to rapid fire...spray and pray, if you will...which doesn't really require a great deal of aim if you shower a crowd with bullets! A handgun, on the other hand, has much more kick (aside from the bullet leaving the barrel at a slower speed than that of an AR-15), requiring the user to have to spend even a few seconds recovering themselves. Unless you are an expert shooter with lots and lots of practice, the chance of you rapid firing with a handgun are much lower than that of an AR-15. For this reason...the damage in this case was minimized.
2. The shooter was NOT Muslim. I've seen a lot of posts so far saying that the reason people are quiet is because the shooter being Muslim does not fit the left narrative. I've taken my time, and waited for the facts...and no, the shooter was NOT Muslim. Vegan? Yes. Does being vegan equal being violent? Unfortunately, this is what so many believe thanks to how crazy PETA supporters get. Seriously...PETA does not help the vegan cause. I know a whole lot of people who are vegan who are very peaceful people, and think that PETA is a bit crazy!
3. The shooter's motive was her dissatisfaction about how many views her videos were getting. This was not a domestic issue and some vendetta against an ex-boyfriend as I've seen reported. Why would someone be upset about YouTube views? Because that is how some people actually ear a living! Yes, there are professional YouTube folks out there that make a rather decent living off of their videos. That said, yes...there has been several complaints in the last 2-3 years about the algorithms that YouTube is using and such, and how many YouTubers have seen a decrease in revenue because of YouTube algorithms and policies. But seriously....has anyone actually watched the bits of video made available (as I believe her channels are down) that this woman produced? I really, really hope she was totally acting, because, yeah...something appears off with her. I'm going to go out on a limb and say content probably turned a lot of viewers away!
Now, there are still questions about whether or not the local police were warned at all. The shooter's father said he tried to warn the police. The police are saying the father did not warn them of a threat, and that he didn't seem too concerned that his daughter would do something bad. Would be interesting to know if there really was a ball-drop in this case.
Bottom line...the reason that there probably isn't a lot of chatter about this instance is because it wasn't as tragic as it could have been! In a way, common sense gun laws worked! I've never said that the things I've suggested would stop ALL shootings...I've only stated that they would make it more difficult for evil people to get guns, and by limiting the types of guns and size of mags, that there would be fewer casualties in the case that a shooting still occurred. The latter was definitely proven in this case...3 injuries, and only the shooter dead...as opposed to the carnage that there would have been with an AR-15!