(05-31-2022, 04:21 PM)captivating Wrote:

(05-31-2022, 09:26 AM)The Drifter Wrote: I think I'm going to answer my own question I posed here. The answer to the question should be self evident and right in front of our faces. You see, back in the 1950's and even in to the 1960's, we still allowed the concept of God in our schools which gave us a sense of morality. We stressed good citizenship and a love of our country, and like JFK once said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". The concept that the individual would be held acountable for their actions was in full force back. then. But somewhere along trhe way, we either lost, or had these basic principles taken away from us by various liberal individuals or groups. And thus began the downfall of our once great, and proud nation.

Your argument again is flawed. What is happening is no different to pretty much every Western country on the planet, but no other country comes close to the number of mass shootings and school shootings that happen in the US.

The reason for mass shootings is the availability of guns.  If you let the same people get angry and wave their arms in the air no one dies.

If you can't see this, then it's not that you can't see it, you just don't want to.

Are you intentionally avoiding my question? I asked about mass murders in Europe to show that this type of tragedy doesn't go away just because you take away the guns. If you take Europe as a whole (which compares similarly to the US demographically), you see there are many different tragedies spread across their countries, and most of them are stabbings, vehicular slaughter, and, in rarer cases, bombs. I know you want to find a solution but taking away guns from the civilian population will result in more overall deaths. Just like taking policing out of the inner city did. Knee jerk reactions are not the way to manage a country. We keep putting Band-Aids on our problems.  

Here's an interesting video that looks at the psychological problem with these killers:

Gun Violence Explained Clearly - YouTube

He shows correlation between online/social media and depression/suicides in teenagers.

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