Why do school shootings in america make headlines here?

When a lot of people die in a horrific way people want to know about it so that they can show their support for the families and people affected. It is not just about people in the UK being told about it, it is about it being broadcasted so people can understand that change has to be made

Because America is such a powerful country and it is shocking that things like this still goes on in such a modern country

it's important. it's important we are aware of what's happening around the world especially when it something as horrendous as this

It's just a liberal anti-gun political agenda. They don't really even want to get rid of guns - they just want to make Republicans / conservatives look bad.

There are mass shootings every day around the world, and if we reported on all of them, there would be no time for anything else.

If there were a mass shooting in Vietnam or Peru tomorrow - likely no-one would give a toss. Not because anyone has any special empathy with Americans - most people are no more likely to go to small-town America than they are to Vietnam or Peru; but because there is some intangible capital to be gained by commenting on American Politics, and there is some reflected criticism of the American right and the British right.

Bottom line - it's cool to hate Trump. It's cool to call Americans gun nuts. No-one even knows who the President of Vietnam or Peru is, and if you call the people names, it's rather racist.

You're right we can't report every gun crime. we don't but the ones we do report are ones like this one. as it was in a school and I shouldn't need to explain why a shooting in a school is horrendous. gang gun crime is not reported in America in such large scale because it is so common youre right but excuseme for being so liberal and anti-gun by supporting the fact that this is news. people shooting up schools should be talked about and yes there should be something done to help provent this for occurring again. sorry for sounding so politaically liberal but what happened was an atrocity and actions need to be taken

Babies got shot execution style in Mogadishu recently. No-one cares because Somalia is a very violent place, and it's self-evident that calling for the removal of guns from Somalia is pointless and stupid, and there is no political capital to be gained.

Beslen was pretty much the most horrific terrorist attack of modern times, but it stayed in the news only a very short time. That was not just a school shooting, but a school massacre with systematic executions. No-one cares about Russia, and it's not cool to harp on about Muslims.

the diffremce is one is an incredibly poor country, riddled with war and the other is a incredibly rich and economically successful country where crimes like this can be easily redused and even stoped. (I am not talking about banning guns I am talking about the fact a mentally unstable 19 year old boy was legally and incredibly easily managed to be his hands on that gun which is appalling I my eyes and can quite easily be stoped by simply making that not restrictions on who can have guns leaving stable, sound minded people happy to own a gun if they so wish)
I agree the news does not cover enough on discusting crimes that are happening in other countries but this doesn't mean they cannot ignore hideous crime a happening in america

This is reducing incredibly complex things to outrageous simplicities.

It's one thing to point out failures like those of the FBI in this case, or failures of licensing or availability in other cases. But to declare that you believe that mass shootings could be easily solved is wildly speculative.

The point about the bad countries is that no-one cares about how bad they are, and people like to look the other way. Not because the crimes aren't horrific, but because they like to attack "The West". It makes people feel good to rip on America or Britain, but they don't like the idea that there are problems in other countries that can't be blamed on "The West".

it is not wildly speculative they can reduce mass shooting as many other countries have put actions in place to stop it and succeeded. The American government are refusing to even have a talk about it (as they think the problem of open is much more important).

I wouldn't disagree completely with your point about us not being able to blame eastern disasters on the west. i feel as if you believe news these days is mainly run by liberal propaganda which client be further than the truth tbh. the mojarity of news networks are run by extremely conservative powers and report on news that people will want to hear. and yes as horrible as it seems people do care more about America that other 3rd world countries.