Posted on 08/16/2019 4:29:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
#4 will never happen so long as the divorce/child support industry continues to roll along. The gov’t, politicians, psychologists, big pharma and attorneys sleep on a big pile of cash every night by the system kicking dad out of the home on mom’s say so, then raiding his wallet and/or making mom and kids dependent on gov’t programs.
I fully agree with your comment.
A common sense approach that would make all Americans safer.
But that’s not really what liberal politicians want, is it?
and the Supreme Court says:
“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them.” —Justice Joseph Story (1833)
The only viable recommendation is #6. We need MORE guns and in the hands of good citizens trained to use them. Had there been just 2 or 3 armed citizens in that Walmart. . .problem solved.
"If stricter gun laws worked, gun related deaths would be much lower in big cities."
Very strongly agree. I was a new teen when GCA 68 went into effect. Been watching the downhill slide ever since, and wondering why people like me get blamed for it. I like guns. I like to shoot them. I like to clean them. I like to reload for them. I like to modify them. I have never shot anyone. I’ve been a shooter for 60 years. Started when I was four. Do not want to shoot any person. Though I won’t rule it out, under the right circumstances. Defense of life and liberty, among others.
I think the video game angle is a conversation worth having. I’m a pretty avid gamer, mostly older stuff. I was around when Doom hit. People older than 40 understand a video game is a video game. When you transition from lets say PacMan or Super Mario Bros to Doom, you had some context,for lack of a better term.
What I’m getting at is, I can’t pretend to get into the mind of a millenial who has spent all his gaming life playing nothing but shooters. I can’t imagine what damage that can do to your psyche, exclusively shooting realistic humans all the time with hyper accurate weapons. This obviously doesn’t turn everyone into killers, but it’s worth exploring.
We have to blame video games and all sorts of “other things” because we are not allowed to notice certain things.
#5 and #6 are doable. The others, as much as I wish they were, probably are not doable.
The number of people shot and wounded in “mass shootings” is trivial compared to ordinary, run of the mill Saturday nights in Chicago.
That’s probably true of Baltimore as well but it takes a few more Saturdays than Chicago. Then therre is Africanized Philadelphia and Washington DC
In video games, kids are conditioned that you respawn after you ‘die’ and so do the people you shoot.
Also you get shot and there’s no pain, just your health meter drops ... until to ‘die.’
That cheats reality with the impression it builds.
If you start with #1, there would be no need for any other numbers. Everything else would fall into place. Removing God and prayer from schools is the root cause. Do a fishbone analysis, and I think this would be obvious.
Betsy DeVos needs to get off her elite ass and DO SOMETHING constructive.
#5 seems relevant.
The muslims coukd get this done in a heartbeat. Why can’t Christians?
If you look at most of the people that commit this BS, you'll find all kinds of contradictions. Some from the left, some from the right, some ultra liberal, some conservative, some just completely mixed up. But there is one common thread that is true in every case:
None of them have had any kind of successful long term relationship with women.
Before you jump me on that point, do a little research on these actors and you'll find out it's true.
The liberal infestation of our society has spent nearly 50 years doing their best to make sure that there will not be successful long term relationships between men and women. What exactly these idiots think will be accomplished by this insanity is beyond me, but it is also true.
As a very redneck friend of mine commented a few years ago after a suicide bombing in Iraq, “a guy that's gettin some on a regular basis ain't going to be so quick to get blown up.”
A very crude way to put it, but absolutely correct. And I don't think you'll ever hear this fact discussed in the media.
Own or have a gun.
Know how to shoot. If you don’t know how to shoot, then your gun is just an expensive club. Also, you might shoot the wrong person.
If you don’t own a gun, you are part of the problem.
The single most important measure to be taken would be the closure of public schools and the elimination of all compulsory education laws. We should simply stop kidding ourselves that "government" is the solution to every problem we face.
Betsy DeVos is actually doing or trying to do a lot, but she is getting no support (except from Trump, so far) and is even trailed around and harassed by leftist flakes following up on Obama’s instructions to “get in their (Republicans) faces.” And of course the teachers’ unions hate her and block her at every step of the way.
One thing that I think would help both schools and society as a whole would be to stop tolerating this harassment by the left. Police are not allowed to enforce the law against Antifa rioting and harassment, or even against black rioters, teachers are not allowed to control or protect themselves against violent students, leftists are allowed to stalk, harass and even assault GOP officials both in their homes and in public places, etc. This creates an atmosphere of lawlessness and results in a society marked by permanent, irrational anger and a tolerance for personal violence. This is bound to “trickle down” to people who are mentally or emotionally unstable and will act on it.
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