(08-04-2019, 02:10 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(08-04-2019, 01:13 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Video games?

No. It’s absolutely not part of the problem.

I disagree.  Are video games solely to blame for the problem?  No, but the graphic nature of some of them could also cause some of this.

As I said before, the lack of education is a big cause.  "Hiding" firearms from an early stage in life is probably a factor.  When is the last time that you saw a cap gun for sale in a store?  Do you even know what that is?

Another big cause is the fact that people don't interact with one another on a personal basis.  I see it every day at my job.  People would take a break and usually go outside to the "smoking area" and chit-chat, joke and talk with one another.  When I walk out there I see a dozen young sailors staring at their phones.  The only time they "interact" with one another is to show somebody else what is on their phone.  The only people that you see socializing with one another are all over the age of say 45.

Finally, we as a society are so desensitized and have very little value for human life.  Again, does it go back to movies?  Video games?  The lack of or the common "stigma" of religion?  I would guess that yes, all of those are factors involved with what we see today.

What is the common source of "investigation" in each of these incidents?  Social media.