More guns = more mass shootings — Mikie
But gun control laws have steadily increased over time, not receded. — NOS4A2
Oddly enough a number of laws making schools a gun free zone came into effect in the early nineties, right before the modern phenomenon of school shootings rose precipitously. — NOS4A2
I cannot see that deregulation has occurred, much less by any avatars of neoliberalism. — NOS4A2
Since economic hardship is not a rare thing, there is undoubtedly a wide set of correlations with economic hardship. I believe the saying is, correlation is not causation.If you look at the latest one, you'll see the correlation between mass shootings and recent economic hardship in the lives of perpetrators. — frank
Since economic hardship is not a rare thing, there is undoubtedly a wide set of correlations with economic hardship. I believe the saying is, correlation is not causation — Pantagruel
Economic hardship has been identified as a major stressor — frank
All I can say is that I hope I don’t sound like Jack D Ripper. — Mikie
And, of course, poverty is nothing new. — Pantagruel
In a country like the US, it could be a lot more rare. Wouldn't you agree? — frank
I think from a technical perspective, humanity is fully capable of engineering a productive, healthy, balanced global society. It just needs to be established as a primary goal. — Pantagruel
I'd like to think this is true, but isn't the substantive problem that with different worldviews and values, people tend to have extremely different ways of understanding what productive and healthy looks like and how it should be achieved. — Tom Storm
Do you have suggestions for how these differences can be reconciled or overcome? — Tom Storm
I doubt that government efforts to ban or limit the purchase of guns or opiates will be successful, so I don't see deregulation as the source of their prevalence. Here in God's Favorite Country, we love our guns and our drugs and those of us who want them will find a way to get them — Ciceronianus
As for guns our freakish regard for the Second Amendment will always stand in the way of effective regulation. — Ciceronianus
The second amendment was only interpreted as it is in 2008. Not long ago. That itself is also an affect of neoliberalism, as is the depression that arises from years of neoliberal policies that have destroyed the working and middle class. — Mikie
The states with greater gun regulations, like here in NE, have far less mass shootings — Mikie
Is it being abused because of neoliberalism, or because people want it? — Ciceronianus
Is this serious? — Mikie
One possible objection you could bring up is that what we live under right now would be more akin to "managerialism" than "neoliberalism." — LancelotFreeman
The big mistake about the neoliberalism theory is that it puts people like Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Obama, and Biden among its ranks. — NOS4A2
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