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Originally Posted by jebartle
We have SOME police that should not CARRY!....Right? I don't know WHAT the answer is to this problem but the US has MORE problems with mass killings than any other country. How is this possible, that the United States has the MOST problems with mass killings? Where do we start???
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A good start is when it is recognized the gun issues are a function of our society.
We allow the movies, television and the media to train our young that it is OK to murder, rape, dismember and create mayhem. Nurtured by a more than permissive society that is paranoid about doing or saying something or anything that might offend somebody or anybody. And a court and legal system that exploits those that may see or say something that wasn't exactly just so-so.
The gun is just a convenient means to a brutal environment. If guns were not available the next easiest methods would take it's place. The USA is a violence tolerant country with insufficient enforcement of existing laws.
Until some of the other variables change the gun issue remains nothing more than a politically driven emotion!