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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
This person seems to have put some thought into this and paints with small strokes playing great attention to the small details of real life.
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Referencing your quoted post -
Many of us have cited these same things over and over as to some of the reasons for the increasing breakdowns and violence in our society, such as -
-The breakdown of the family unit - your article mentions so many fatherless homes, to name one aspect of this
-The nature of boys in general and how that is being constantly suppressed
-Drugs, drugs, and more drugs (both legal and illegal) - I certainly could go on and on about that with first-hand knowledge as to what that has done and is doing to our society
-Improving the culture/valuing life - again, another lengthy discussion with many facets
The point is that all of these issues get swept under the table because the discussion always comes back to and revolves around gun control. An inanimate object that can do no harm until someone with the wrong intent engages with it. Until we get past this, nothing much will change. We must start focusing on the why's not just the how's. We must look at both long term and short term solutions. Short term meaning immediate security measures for our students and long term including many of the issues stated above.
On another note, some continue to bring up what they perceive as a fear of our guns being taken away. I think that is a broad overstatement. The fear is that by focusing on gun control as the only solution, the criminals win. Those many more law abiding citizens will be left with inferior weapons with which to protect themselves if guns that are now readily available are banned. I'm not saying I'm against any measures being taken, such as banning bump stocks, raising the age limit, and improvements on background checks, but how about trying the approach of better law enforcement of current laws on the books, along with the measures stated, before jumping to the ban of certain guns.