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Let's Have an Honest Talk About Mass Shootings.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:57 am
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:57 am
They are horrifying. Everybody gets that.
But why are they happening? What is it about wielding a gun that drives these lunatics to terrorize groups of innocents?
A gun, even a scary assault rifle, is a very inefficient way to harm a large group of people.
As awful as it is to think, will the country becoming callous to these events make them go away?
But why are they happening? What is it about wielding a gun that drives these lunatics to terrorize groups of innocents?
A gun, even a scary assault rifle, is a very inefficient way to harm a large group of people.
As awful as it is to think, will the country becoming callous to these events make them go away?
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Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:00 am to Vecchio Cane
No guidance, isolated lives, mental illness, a lack of self-worth, no respect for human life, and in many cases a radical ideology
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:01 am to Vecchio Cane
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They are horrifying. Everybody gets that. But why are they happening? What is it about wielding a gun that drives these lunatics to terrorize groups of innocents? A gun, even a scary assault rifle, is a very inefficient way to harm a large group of people. As awful as it is to think, will the country becoming callous to these events make them go away?
There is no simple answer and many different ones at the same time.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:03 am to Vecchio Cane
A generation of entitled brats with no value of life or moral guidance.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:03 am to Vecchio Cane
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But why are they happening?
Evil people are going to do evil things... Always have and they always will...
This country embracing evil has more to do with what you see happening than anything else but most will scoff at the thought of "evil"...
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:07 am to SouthernHog
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A generation of entitled brats with no value of life or moral guidance.
Least violent generation in human history
The world is a wonderful place and today is the best time to be alive. You are far safer today than at any point in human history. Don’t let emotions get in the way of reality.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:08 am to Vecchio Cane
His point is why a gun, why not a bomb or chemical agents or something more efficient against a group than an "assault rifle".
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:09 am to Vecchio Cane
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But why are they happening?
The people that commit the vast majority of all mass shootings and most other crimes have one thing in common, the father not present in the home.
This is a function of the breakdown in our society as a whole and until it is repaired nothing will change.
Teaching people from birth that nothing is their fault and someone else is to blame creates hopelessness and despondency, it is simply far easier to blame someone than sort yourself out.
It used to be the job of the father to teach tough love, hard work, and persistence but those values have been tossed to the wayside by the feminization of our society to its detriment.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:10 am to Vecchio Cane
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Let's Have an Honest Talk About Mass Shootings.
Looks like you are getting good thoughtful responses. Don't let this morph into gun control. Those threads go in a nutty direction.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:12 am to Vecchio Cane
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But why are they happening?
It's because of Fortnite.
Before that it was because of Call of Duty or Gears of War.
Before that it was because of Marilyn Manson or The Basketball Diaries.
and so on and so forth.....
This post was edited on 8/6/19 at 9:27 am
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:13 am to ELVIS U
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His point is why a gun, why not a bomb or chemical agents or something more efficient against a group than an "assault rifle".
One of the points, yes.
If the answer is just "evil does evil" then I would assume the goal would be to harm the largest number of people. It's something about pointing a gun at another person
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:14 am to Vecchio Cane
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But why are they happening?
Because this is a country of over 330 million people with a handful of them looking for their 15 minutes of fame - good or bad.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:16 am to Homesick Tiger
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Because this is a country of over 330 million people with a handful of them looking for their 15 minutes of fame - good or bad.
So you think that these will lessen as we become more callous toward them? I do, I just hate to think about it.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:16 am to Vecchio Cane
It's because they horrify and shock. Things that are horrifying and shocking get attention.
There are varying reasons that lead to them doing it, but never forget that the ultimate goal is attention.
Maybe it's truly mental health, or maybe it's because they are incel, or maybe it's because they hate society, or democrats, or republicans. In the end the only thing that matters to them is that they will get the attention that they so desperately crave because their murders will be used as political ammunition by both sides.
Why guns? because it maximizes the attention.
There are varying reasons that lead to them doing it, but never forget that the ultimate goal is attention.
Maybe it's truly mental health, or maybe it's because they are incel, or maybe it's because they hate society, or democrats, or republicans. In the end the only thing that matters to them is that they will get the attention that they so desperately crave because their murders will be used as political ammunition by both sides.
Why guns? because it maximizes the attention.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:17 am to Vecchio Cane
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It's something about pointing a gun at another person
If you don't think it takes a special kind of evil person to point a gun at a kid and pull the trigger, then I do not know what to tell you...
A bomb is impersonal, shooting someone is only less personal than stabbing someone or literally choking the life out of them...
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:19 am to Vecchio Cane
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But why are they happening?
There are multiple variables at work.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:19 am to The Maj
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If you don't think it takes a special kind of evil person to point a gun at a kid and pull the trigger, then I do not know what to tell you.
I totally agree. I'm just trying to see others opinion on an issue that those of us who are sane can never understand
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:20 am to SidewalkDawg
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Why guns? because it maximizes the attention.
My thought exactly
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:20 am to Vecchio Cane
Zero Tolerance: Kids are repressing their anger which is not emotionally healthy.
Narcotics: We are raising children on drugs that mess with their brain.
Lack of Discipline: Almost all forms of past discipline is now considered child abuse.
Broken Families: Many male kids today don’t have fathers to teach them how to handle things.
Media: Glorifies violence. The News, Movies, and games.
It’s probably a combination of all of the above.
Narcotics: We are raising children on drugs that mess with their brain.
Lack of Discipline: Almost all forms of past discipline is now considered child abuse.
Broken Families: Many male kids today don’t have fathers to teach them how to handle things.
Media: Glorifies violence. The News, Movies, and games.
It’s probably a combination of all of the above.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:23 am to SouthernHog
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A generation of entitled brats with no value of life or moral guidance.
Right.. and add in a society and culture that thinks The Flag, Country and Cops are a bad thing... Kids grow up playing video games all day where they shoot people...
Then the left says Japan has video games?
Well Japan has strict family traditions, Discipline. longer school years.. More family structure. etc.
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