Italy, like many european countries, has gun control laws, but they're very relaxed and as such we have millions of gun owners and tens of millions of guns circulating, yet ZERO school shootings in centuries. The people who wish to ban guns in the US don't point to us, they point to australia, the UK and similar countries where even owning a pistol is considered a big deal
Why, despite the amount of guns and ease of access, does italy have no school shootings? in my opinion it's simple:
Shit society + EZ Guns = Incels shooting up schools
In italy we do have incels and general losers, but there's both a difference in treatment and social nets compared to the US. We do bully our outcasts, but we very rarely get to the point of making them suicidal or so low that they have nothing to lose and thus become dangerous. Even if you're ostracized by your whole school because you watch pedo anime, we have a generally warmer and more accepting society that provides people with a sense of belonging, if you lack a father figure you can easily find it elsewhere, in a job, in a friend's family, at a gym, soccer field or whatever
The result is that our incels either become shutin non-threats or find their own way again and become happy in life, they don't reach levels of hate for the world that make them commit random atrocities, because even if their peers reject them they can still see some beauty in the world around them, a bit of soul
America is a shit satan country and this cannot happen, the life of a young outcast there must be pure hell especially if you have the wrong political opinion in a heavily partisan area (liberal or conservative), people will literally hunt you down and try to prevent you from living, constant bullying, doxxing and constant internet shaming, completely vapid people without a history or a sense of belonging just endlessly competing, and if you look like 4chanface it's game over for you, so you grab a gun and do some sick evil shit
My theory