"It's not the gun laws that are to blame. It's the culture of violence in which we live. We need to stop exposing our children to violence on television, in the news, in video games, on the internet, at the movies. Children need to be taught AT HOME to love and respect others, and that violence isn't normal or permissable.
I would agree with parts of this post and disagree with other parts. First, when we were kids, we almost all had cap guns and played Cowboys and Indians with plenty of play shooting of each other and seeing each other clasp their hand over their heart and go down dying. There were all the cowboy movies and television shows with Roy, Gene, and Hoppy doing violence on the bad guys who did violence on good guys. None was graphic!!
It is the graphic violence of video games like Black Ops or World of Warcraft or Grand Theft Auto that is a problem (but not the whole problem). Who buys the games for the kids? Mom and Dad do and that is the problem.
The teaching of respect needs to be taught at home, school, and church.
There also is NO NEED for civilians to own high capacity magazines for their rifles or pistols. There is a need for more evaluation and treatment of people suspected of mental problems. I am sure Figmo and Ladydoc would agree with those two statements.
Will Congress do anything? Probably not - the NRA has too many Congressmen scared of not winning re-election if they vote in a reasonable (non-NRA approved) way.
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