If they start now with an educational program that teaches people the benefits of not having guns, start reviewing all of the people that already have them and begin a restrict control of who gets one in the future they might make a difference in a couple of generations. — Sir2u
It is as logical as all of us having to give up speaking to one another in public because of a few people who cannot help themselves but scream "Fire" in a movie theater or a crowded casino. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
It's like us all having to give up breathing because one person breathes by making annoying crow sounds, and then we all have to suffocate because of that one guy we'll call Keith. Yeah, thanks Keith. We're all dead because of you. — Hanover
They can't even successfully educate people in the basics of reading and arithmatic. — Hanover
I've come to the conclusion it's more of a cultural thing though and isn't going to change in the foreseeable. — Baden
The American obsession with guns is not behavioral. — Buxtebuddha
So it's genetic, like Downs syndrome? — Sapientia
"Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims?" — Posty McPostface
It's a combination though isn't it? The last thing you need in a toxic bullying environment is easy availability of guns. — Baden
The American obsession with guns is not behavioral. — Buxtebuddha
If you catch kids running around with scissors, then the first thing that you should do is stop them and take away the scissors. Whose bright idea was it to leave them unsupervised with easy access to scissors? — Sapientia
You would take away the scissors and explain why they should not do that. Education.
Taking away the scissors without an explanation is the same as oppression and leads to resentment and frustration, which in turn might lead to violence. — Sir2u
Get involved in philosophical discussions about knowledge, truth, language, consciousness, science, politics, religion, logic and mathematics, art, history, and lots more. No ads, no clutter, and very little agreement — just fascinating conversations.