I would settle under protest for mere submachine guns though grenades and bazookas never killed anyone on their own and are no more dangerous than cars in that respect. As long as the government continues to give in to such irrational arguments we will continue to be punished for the crimes of others and our utopia must wait. — Baden
Then why don’t you put everyone in prison? You’ll eliminate violence entirely. — NOS4A2
I think murderers and criminals will think twice about harming others if they know everyone is packing. — NOS4A2
I doubt I could muster enough conceit to find any desire to control your's or anyone else's life. — NOS4A2
I think it far more likely that the collateral damage might become great enough for you to rethink the whole thing. No one would be safe. You cannot protect against a hail of bullets coming from every direction with a gun.
You don't think kids committing mass murders is a mental health issue?
Ok then. — Tzeentch
Another is that there is something almost unique about US culture and upbringing that people are “naturally” more violent than in more civilised countries. — Michael
I believe what drives actions like these is an incredible resentment, hatred, a desire for revenge, etc.
Is no one but me interested in what exactly causes such an amount of hate to manifest in relatively young children?
That's not normal where I'm from. — Tzeentch
The Nashville shooter is 28. "Kids" aren't committing the vast majority of these mass murders. Adults are. Stop making stuff up. — Baden
I don't live in America, but is the question as to why children (or in this case a young adult) are committing mass murders ever raised? Because I always find that conspicuously absent from any discussion. — Tzeentch
If countries with the same rate of mental health issues have a lower rate of mass shootings then something other than mental health must explain the higher rate of mass shootings. — Michael
One explanation is the higher rate of gun ownership. — Michael
It’s certainly important to consider why people do what they do, but it’s also important to consider what enables them to do what they do. — Michael
But is there more resentment and hatred in Americans than in, say, Brits? — Michael
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