re: The increase of mass shootings coincides directly with breakdown of family

Clearly.

There has been an increase in mass shootings with the decline of manual stick shift cars being sold.

Prove me wrong.

And while we are on the Christian thing...Mary wasn't married to Jesus dad.

So has traditional families been going down hill since then?

There are two areas that need to be discussed; mental illness and the foundations of a family. First off, there is a large number of mentally ill in our country, and a small number of dangerous mentally ill people. When I say dangerously mentally ill, I am talking about people with schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder (the rapid cycling type), reactive attachment disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, people having psychotic breaks, etc. The problem is often a mental health problem, not a gun problem. The mental health treatment for adults is very poor, while the mental health treatment of children and adolescents is marginally better. The mental health issue has to be addressed in this country.

Secondly, a healthy family home teaches healthy ways to cope, deal with life, and solve problems in a healthy manner. I’m talking about a mother and father, married, that act like, walk like, and talk like parents. Yes, there are many single parent homes that result from domestic violence matters, and it is obviously a lot better for marital partners that fall in this group not to be with each other. Contrary to a lot of people’s view, Jesus Christ is one of the pillars for a healthy family. For all the atheists, agnostics, etc., it’s not the religious teachings you have a problem with, because we’re talking about teachings such as treat people like you want to be treated, don’t steal, and learning that it takes a bigger man to forgive than it does to live for hate and revenge. The problem this section of the population has is with religion itself.

Currently the rate of single parent Caucasian families is roughly 52%, and the rate of single parent African American families is roughly 82%.

Now do global temperatures and pirates.

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Incarceration rates went up.

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That's because drug arrests have gone up 140% since 1980 because that's where the easy money is for private prisons. Arrest rates for violent crimes have steadily decreased since the mid-1990s.

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Causation does not equal correlation. That sudden spike also correlates with around the time social media became a dominant influence on day-to-day life. I'm betting the latter is more of an issue.

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The increase of mass shootings coincides directly with breakdown of family
Prove me wrong.

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It's just an absurd claim on its face. Crime has been plummeting for 25 years - presumably DURING your supposed trend of "family breakdown". Almost every marker of social dysfunction is better than it was 20-30 years ago.