So it seems that most would agree that the laws or lack of, do not necessarily contribute to the problem here in the U.S. regarding gun violence.

 

Personally I think it is quite simple. Look at the type of Government that we have here. In our Capitalist society many people have every intention of living the American Dream; however, the reality is most people do not, and in fact most people just end up making that dream come true for someone else. This ofcourse leads to income inequality, which sadly is one of the highest in the world here in the states. 

 

Income inequality is inevitable within capitalism as someone is always trying to get something done more efficiently, faster, and ultimately cheaper than the other guy. As is the case with everything being made in China now and illegals taking jobs from Americans the guy on top makes his money but the middle man is the guy who gets cut out every time. 

 

Obviously cases like this one that happened in SC are based on pure ignorance and hate mass murders still make up a very small percentage of overall gun violence. This raises a question, are the majority of crimes, specifically gun related crimes motivated by things such as fear, hate, aggression, and ignorance? Or is it out of desperation? Or perhaps envy? 

 

Europe does not have this problem as their Government's are more socialist and wealth is redistributed.

 

 

With that said and this is coming from someone born in Europe, I will take Capitalism every single time as I feel that in a socialist world people are not truly free. I guess it's just the price that we pay.

 

I believe there are other causes to the issue as well but there is no doubt in my mind that income inequality is one of them.

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