Shooting at CT elementary school leaves at least 27 dead, 18 of them children

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

One of the worst news stories of any kind I've heard in a very long time.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

What's the threshold in terms of deaths until something is really done on gun control?
100? 200?

Higher, most likely.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

As demonstrated by this and many other recent incidents, male violence is a real problem in society.

Uh, in some ways it kind of is...

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

i don't see how gender has anything to do with this. i do see how the fact it's so easy to get a deadly weapon does.

Cmon. Has where ever been a female school shooter? If so, at least the gender ratio regarding mass murder is extremely skewed.

i'm sure there has, somewhere in the world. and yes, it is skewed, but what's your point? the best thing to do with regards to that would be to stop encouraging males to be aggressive and competitive, but we can't have that. that would be too threatening to the status quo.

Well, yeah. What amused me is that Ronnie's attempt at reductio ad absurdum failed because the 'absurdum' was in fact another entirely legitimate and serious social problem--namely the connection between violence and constructions of masculinity in not only America but a wide variety of countries and cultures throughout the world.