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Originally Posted by billethkid
What is the real issue/cause and why continue to be ignored. Why? Because the politics and the media have made it to be as it is.
Different example of why some issues/causes are addressed and others are not.
We have all heard about or have some knowledge of MADD (mother's against drunk driving). The mothers of America have demonstrated this cause on and off throughout history. However statistically equivalent or worse is the deaths caused by cell phone use while driving. Where is the rage and cause of the mothers about cell phones and driving? Non-existent! Why? Because guess who is a major user of cell phones while driving? Unlike alcohol.......THE MOTHERS!!!!
There is not rage or rising because it would affect something they hold near and dear to their personal way of life.....THEIR CELL PHONE.
The same distorted/biased/politicized focus is presented day in and day out regarding guns.......WHEN A SHOOTING OCCURS .........that fits their agenda.
Until the real cause of shootings is addressed there will be no real assessment of what is the real issue, let alone what can practically be done to fix/solve/eliminate the problem.
Every day, several times a day there is the call to "do something" about gun control. However there is just as obvious an absence of what is being suggested to be done than WILL RESULT in the elimination of school shootings.
Why is that?
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Good post! You touched on a couple things that I too believe to be true. One being cellphones which I believe to be the undoing of our young. What once seemed to be a convenient tool has turned into anything but. Social media is a real problem that needs to be addressed...but how?
Like you said, the other is gun control. Although I agree they should do everything in their power to try to keep guns out of unstable peoples hands I don't think it would solve the problem. If there was a way to magically remove every gun in the country people who want to kill would find a way. Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people in Oklahoma with fertilizer and fuel oil.
In several of the shootings, the AR-15 was the weapon of choice. So, logic says, remove the AR-15 and it will stop/slow down. It's absolutely amazing how many people believe that the "AR" stands for assault rifle and that it is an automatic weapon.
School shootings are the worst. It makes me sick to think of all the young people that died way before their time for no reason. I keep asking myself why. What would drive someone to do something like that? I keep coming back to media...social and mainstream. I think in someway they are glamorizing these shootings to these kids. They are making them out to be heroes of some sort. The kid in Florida receives fan mail for God's sake.