How many of those guns in circulation that we keep hearing about are ever actually used to kill people? — WISDOMfromPO-MO
this creation called civilization — WISDOMfromPO-MO
Are guns the problem? Of course they are. — Bitter Crank
America might seem more violent than anybody else, but remember North America was colonized by Europeans, who, as it happens, have had a rather bloody history, locally and around the world. Are Americans violent? Sure we are -- just like everybody else. We have given ourselves far more convenient, cost-effective means to actually carry out our violent urges than most other people have. — Bitter Crank
I think that you are applying to me what other people have said. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
I asked why it takes mass murder with guns to get people angry about violence and condemning violence when violence is abundant in many other forms. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
One reason for people's reaction is that mass murders are out of the ordinary. — Bitter Crank
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