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The killer who killed 12 people Wednesday in a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, California, once again brought the United States to a new period of mourning, tension and resignation from armed violence.
It also made headlines around the world, less than two weeks after a massive shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 people were killed. In this week's commentary section, dozens of readers from countries other than the United States said they had trouble understanding why the Americans were allowing gun violence to continue.
Here is a selection of their comments. They have been slightly edited and condensed for clarity.
Use the comments to tell us how you see it. Please include where you are coming from.
A dystopian world encroaches
Is it only two weeks since the last shoot took place? – KA, Ontario, Canada
I am deeply sorry to say that. Gunning civilians in broad daylight is like a feature of American life. – Jonas Goh, Seoul
When this happens once, it can happen to a sick individual, but when this happens regularly, it's not about the individual anymore, but about the system. – Erik E., Oslo
Maybe that's what the United States is hoping for? Make the country unattractive to migrants? It would make so much sense to understand why little or nothing has been done to stop the situation of armed violence. – AS, Ghana
Do something in America, stop acting desperate. – Brett Epi, Sydney, Australia
Strict on sweets, laxity on guns
Twelve others were shot dead in a country that banned Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs; I'm crying for you, America. – Daisy Pusher, Canada
Grenades, dynamite and missiles are well regulated. For good reasons. Why not weapons? – Bob, Canada
Crazies we find everywhere in this world, no doubt. But the madmen carrying so many weapons are only in one place: United States – Mak, São Paulo, Brazil
Second Amendment rights and wrongs
You must be wondering why it is important to own guns. Is it because of something that was written more than 200 years ago, when it was difficult to enforce the law and illegal militias could do what they wanted? – Ingemar Johansson, Lulea, Sweden
I do not think gun control is the problem here, because this man could easily have found other ways to harm people. – Hiroshi, Japan
Difficult questions
How many days before the next shoot? – Rob, London
Now that a dozen people have died, are you going to get more guns? – Sivaram Pochiraju, Hyderabad, India
If you lived outside of the United States and you follow the news of a new gun slaughter everyday, would you feel safe and assured of visiting the United States as a tourist? , for a business trip or to study? What about allowing your child to travel there for studies or vacations? – Kostas Giannakakis, London
The question is always why? And the only answer I can find is because they can. There is nothing stopping them. – P. Maher, Vancouver, Canada
Thoughts, prayers and even sympathy grow old
You are our neighbor. You are our family. I only wish we could do something to help. It is a very solemn and helpless feeling to observe these types of violence, all the more so as they seem to worsen. – KLC, Canada
From Canada, we are barely paying attention to these butcher shops located south of our border, because it has become so commonplace. It seems to have become a sport for you, like baseball or something like that … The gunball? – Tristan Roy, Montreal
I think that's the last of those stories I'm going to look at. I do not know how the United States continues to not react to this massacre. – Martin, France
This will only worsen
The shooter, being a sailor, is important because one can not separate the American violence abroad from the violence perpetrated at home. Disillusioned, poorly educated and trained to kill veterans pose a permanent threat to society. – John, Lisbon
Many people are close to the edge at some point for a variety of reasons. In a country stuffed with guns, most of those who embark on revenge choose the simplest way and commit suicide. And some act on other impulses. It will not change. It will get worse. The horse is well and truly out of the barn. – Gord, Toronto
Anyone disappointed and frustrated can kill anyone, destroying any happy family. This has become a national cleansing ritual for sick people that will only get worse. – Renho, Belgium
Marie Tae McDermott and Geneva Abdul contributed to the reports.
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