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The people who pound the table about guns, but refuse to pound the table about the countless failures of the system to protect these kids Who is doing this? No
by rhizome 9y ago
The people who pound the table about guns, but refuse to pound the table about the countless failures of the system to protect these kids
Who is doing this? Not very many, I estimate.
Even allowing your premise, they're separate issues. Gun control is about more than school shootings, and one could turn your ire back onto you for focusing only on school shootings when there are many more kinds of mass shootings out there, not to mention interpersonal fights escalating to firepower.
- robotrout 9y agoThe number of posters who harp on gun control, without even mentioning the failings that allowed this kid to carry out his attack approaches 100% on certain sites. I would say it's 80% even on this site. As somebody who personally had (and witnessed others) fights in high school parking lots with rifles in the pickup windows of the combatants (yep, I'm over 40), and never heard of anybody ever considering escalating to firepower, I have to call BS on that. I expect to be down voted, but unless you feel that people have become more evil since your father was a kid, I don't know what to tell you. As for gang violence and other crime, I invite you to look at Mexico (or Chicago), which have strict gun control.
- rhizome 9y agonever heard of anybody ever considering escalating to firepower I'm referring to domestic violence and partner homicide.