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Even if gun obsession is a cultural thing, how that translates to gun violence? And to gun recklessness?
by 01acheru 5y ago
Even if gun obsession is a cultural thing, how that translates to gun violence? And to gun recklessness?
- sorokod 5y agoNot an American but for whatever it's worth: * American society is deeply mistrustful of itself. * Firearms are freely available Everything else follows.
- Nextgrid 5y agoGuns being a political statement means more people will get guns to make that political statement. This translates into more guns being around that could cause accidents (which I believe this one is) or would escalate already violent situations to a deadly level.
- 01acheru 5y agoHow can "firing 30+ rounds on a Sunday morning in a residential area" be an accident? It is like saying that driving a truck on a crowded street on LSD and killing somebody is an accident.
- Nextgrid 5y agoAn accident in the sense that I don't believe their objective was to kill. They were stupid and reckless, but if they actually wanted to kill people there are much better ways than firing rounds towards a forest and hoping to get "lucky" and hit someone.