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The Problem isn't guns

The problem is, hearts without God, and homes without discipline.
badminton · 61-69, MVIP
No, it's the guns.
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The solution is forcing people to believe in God at gunpoint.
SSDecontrol · 56-60, M
@LeopoldBloom how about your mom's solution of putting lead paint in your bottle?
@SSDecontrol How about your mom's solution of throwing away the baby and keeping the afterbirth? But thank you for proving that there's no hate like Christian love.
@DogMan Muslims believe in a God greater than themselves. If you want to force religion on people, what makes you think it will be your preferred one? How do you force people to believe in God, anyway?
PowerofStories · 61-69, M
Guns aren't the only problem. But they are very much a problem. A few facts:

Age-adjusted firearm homicide rates in the US are 33 times greater than in Australia and 77 times greater than in Germany.

Gun violence accounts for over 8% of deaths in the US among those under age 20.

Source: The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, (Excerpt for Paper titled "On gun violence, the United States is an outlier" October 31, 2023.
@sree251 Are you out of your mind? Hitler expressed his intention to obliterate the Jews of Europe in Mein Kampf and the Wannsee Conference was where the Holocaust was planned. The idea that Hitler was unaware of the vast concentration camp system and the associated costs is absurd.

Germans were already living in their homeland, so I'm not sure what that has to do with anything. The Nazis weren't fighting for a homeland. Hitler's plan was to expand Germany into Eastern Europe for "lebensraum" to provide more land for the German people. But Slavic people had a right to their homeland too.

I agree that Palestinians have a right to a homeland in Palestine. Israelis also have a right to their homeland in Israel, having lived there since antiquity and being a sovereign nation for 76 years.
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everyone wants to blame the guns.
whilst never questioning the fact you arnt allowed to question big pharma and the psych drugs they got a population taking...
True story.

Between 1993 and today, the firearm homicide rate in America has gone down roughly 50% (source: FBI Uniform Crime Report). In 1993, there were roughly 180 million legally owned firearms on the US. Today, there are more than 400 million legally owned firearms. Far more guns, yet far less gun violence. The gun control weenies don't like this data. They also don't like the fact that 90% of the firearm homicides are committed using guns acquired illegally.

The difference today is we no longer pay attention to the total numbers, or the daily violence in America's inner cities where 90% of firearm homicides occur. Instead, the focus on the lunatic that goes on a shooting rampage.

Oddly, this downward trend in shootings began in 1993. Columbine happened in 1999 - and the mass shooting phenomenon took hold.
@BizSuitStacy I am starting to think these mass shootings are orchestrated by the left, using old CIA techniques under a 50's to 70's era program called MK Ultra, which brainwashed unsuspecting people into becoming what are called Manchurian, essentially "sleepers" that are triggered in one way or another to mindlessly carry out orders to unalive others. They used lsd in the program during those years and subjected them to mind control methods, I now strongly believe the left is still doing that program with today's youths, using ritalin and adderall as their lsd as both of those substances zombify their users, subjecting them to mind manipulation, and using violent video games and "entertainment" as their means to manipulate. Think about it, why is the left so obsessed with guns, YET they don't say a thing about violent movies, music, or tv? In fact most of those mediums are in fact produced by leftist Hollywood, and why are the mass shooters always the school losers?

The left is doing this deliberately to enrage the public in order to demand confiscation, why? Because firearms stand in the way of them taking total control of the people, they want to finish their vision of the marxist communist utopia they were trying to create in the 60's and 70's when they were only the counter culture. But as Jane Fonda's ex husband, Tom Hayden showed them, to "beat the Man, they have to become the Man." and entered politics, the counter culture soon became the establishment as we know it today.

Also, since the 40th anniversary reprinting of Dr. Spock's "Dare to Discipline" parenting book in 1986, originally published in 1946, essentially pretty much became a basis for it's mantra of "spanking destroys creativity"; all forms of discipline has become near outlawed, verging on all kinds accused of being abusive. Because of this the Millennial, Generation Z, and now Generation Alpha, the three youngest generations, which were also taught that respect of Elders was stupid, lost all manners and became disrespectful of others, their lack of proper discipline and guidance creating in them a sense of entitlement in which violent behaviors also became common in them, making it easier for those maniputating them to act.

@NativePortlander1970 I think you're right. Mass shooters are being radicalized. It seems they are usually on the FBI's radar, and/or local law enforcement. Then immediately after the carnage, their social media is scrubbed.
@BizSuitStacy Exactly, law enforcement gets a report of a potential shooter, they ignore it, then they're on the news having to make up excuses why they didn't follow up.
Pinkstarburst · 51-55, F
This is the most ignorant thing I’ve read today.
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DogMan · 61-69, M
One thing consistent in every shooting. We never find out why they did it, or what
caused them to become violent. We never hear about patters in upbringings,
or lifestyle patterns. Or maybe they know, but they do not want to divulge.
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badminton · 61-69, MVIP
@DogMan The psychological reasons for shootings are very difficult to uncover and take a long time to analyze. The immediate problem is the very easy availability of high-powered guns to every mental case in the country. Requiring a permit to buy a handgun, and ammo, would save thousands of lives. The permit would require a mandatory training class, background check and mental health check.
Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M
@badminton this ⬆💯
Nitedoc · 51-55, M
And no decent parental guidance.
The problem is school bullies and lack of understanding and acceptance.
@Spoiledbrat You should read the theory I have in PowerofStories thread
@NativePortlander1970 How do I find it?
@Spoiledbrat You should see it by scrolling down.
4meAndyou · F
Very true. Without God, a human being becomes less. I almost want to say animal, but ALL humans have been given the option to change themselves, and become MORE.
KingofBones1 · 46-50, M
I totally agree with that
That’s good preaching sir! Absolutely the truth!
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
Yes that's it. :P
SingleBHM · 56-60, M
Right said!
The problem isn't the gun, just the owner of the gun.
@InOtterWords Guns don't kill. Bullets kill.
Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M
like religion will do anything here?? we are WAYYYYY past that now.
I am an Atheist, I'll agree on the lack of proper discipline, but we don't need a deity to be just and moral.
DogMan · 61-69, M
@NativePortlander1970 Do you think all religious people spit on others?
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JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@NativePortlander1970 I agree, you don't have to be a theist to be moral or believe in something other than yourself.
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DogMan · 61-69, M
@BarbossasHusband It sounds like you don't even believe in yourself, let alone a God.
BarbossasHusband · 36-40, M
@DogMan sounds like you really know me, so who am I to argue? 🤣
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DogMan · 61-69, M
@TheLordOfHell Yes, I love my mutts.
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