What other ways, besides amending gun laws, could we stop or lessen gun violence?
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JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
Perhaps the best way is for us to stop relying so heavily on social media to communicate and work harder to get to know our neighbors.
While there have been a handful of these incidents carried out by folks who are truly deranged, most of them are based on some kind of misplaced hatred based on ignorance.
Most of this ignorance is based on folks not knowing how to learn about neighbors.
It's not something that happens overnight. We've been unlearning common courtesy for decades. It started in the aftermath of World War II when we all wanted the world to be perfect.
Life isn't perfect. It will never be. But, it can be perfectly imperfect. We need to learn how to rely on each other and learn how to befriend each other. We need to learn how to discern the difference between a stranger who is a bad person and a stranger who just hasn't become a friend yet.
While there have been a handful of these incidents carried out by folks who are truly deranged, most of them are based on some kind of misplaced hatred based on ignorance.
Most of this ignorance is based on folks not knowing how to learn about neighbors.
It's not something that happens overnight. We've been unlearning common courtesy for decades. It started in the aftermath of World War II when we all wanted the world to be perfect.
Life isn't perfect. It will never be. But, it can be perfectly imperfect. We need to learn how to rely on each other and learn how to befriend each other. We need to learn how to discern the difference between a stranger who is a bad person and a stranger who just hasn't become a friend yet.
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
@LittleBittyPretty1 What's sad is that so many think we need government and regulations to solve this.
Abe Lincoln said it best
We can't force the government to be something we are not.
Before we regulate, we have to start being the people we wish to be.
Abe Lincoln said it best
government of the people, by the people, for the people
We can't force the government to be something we are not.
Before we regulate, we have to start being the people we wish to be.
LittleBittyPretty1 · 46-50, F
LittleBittyPretty1 · 46-50, F
JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M
@LittleBittyPretty1 ^ THIS