So why do these shootings happen so often in the United States? (user search)
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
June 01, 2024, 04:19:55 PM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  General Politics
  Political Debate (Moderator: Torie)
  So why do these shootings happen so often in the United States? (search mode)
Pages: [1]
Poll
Question: Which is it?
#1
Insufficient regulation of guns		  
#2
Mental health issues		  
#3
a combination of both		  
#4
neither		  
#5
other		  
Show Pie Chart
Partisan results
Total Voters: 65

Author Topic: So why do these shootings happen so often in the United States?  (Read 5093 times)
opebo
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 47,009
« on: December 17, 2012, 02:48:34 PM »
Individualism.
Logged
opebo
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 47,009
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 12:08:05 PM »
Because the victims (or any other masses) are highly expendable - in the sense that the society values them very little if at all.
Logged
opebo
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 47,009
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2013, 12:34:21 PM »
Quote from: Grumps on December 17, 2012, 10:56:14 AM
No one knows.....if they did we could stop it.

Dude they're not going to stop cannibalistic capitalism.
Logged
opebo
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 47,009
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2013, 12:12:46 PM »
Link makes a good point that visiting prostitutes and taking drugs would do a lot to curb gun violence.  Most of the young fellows who go on shooting sprees do so because of a lack of ability to get laid.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.02 seconds with 13 queries.