(08-06-2019, 04:06 PM)Kane Wrote: It all starts with us.
We have the power to change the future, if we could all stop arguing over the wrong details. (black/white, what type of guns are OK, censorship over guidance/education)

I wish that I could respond to some of your comments, but you're right.  We do agree on a lot of things.  Many of the problems that I pointed out are not the root cause, rather the after-effects of poor parenting and a poor education system.  I also think that it's a loss of common values and decency.

This kind of stuff didn't happen in my youth growing up in the late 60's, 70's and early 80's.  I was exposed to firearms at an early age and actually took a course taught by my elementary school coach in our school cafeteria.  In my high school years many of us had guns in our trucks/cars on school property, yet there were no killings.

It's not about the guns (the tool of choice) it's about the mental health and capacity of the shooter.  It really has nothing to do with race or racism or "white supremacy" even though that's not only what the media and candidates running for the presidency are spewing.

Ask yourself this.  Why is so much of the focus on the El Paso shooter while so little is said about the Dayton shooter?  Where is the blame focused?

Again I go back to the internet and social media as being the biggest problem that we face.  I personally only get on this board from a desktop computer, yet the data that we get indicates that the majority of traffic that we get is from mobile devices.  People are too busy looking down at their phones rather than looking up and really meeting and interacting with people.  THAT's where the problem is and yes, it leads to poor mental health.

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