What are your views on gun control?

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Personally I'd like to see a system like other countries where only the cops have them or, in specific cases, some are allowed for hunting. It'll never happen in the U.S. though. We don't have that kind of strength.

marineaqua · 22-25, F

@Ynotisay I think the wider issues that surround mass (and gang-related) shootings in the U.S need to be assessed first and foremost.

Ynotisay · M

@marineaqua Sure. But that speaks to another element of American society. We tend to treat the symptoms. Not the cause. We know what the root issue is when it comes to gang violence. But we focus our energy/money more on law enforcement and incarceration.

marineaqua · 22-25, F

@Ynotisay My view is that people who are for gun control particularly need to address the question as to why a person might be compelled to go out and shoot a group or groups of people. There is clearly an issue with how people with mental illnesses are treated in the U.S and I don’t think that it is any coincidence that the over prescription of SSRI drugs has coincided with a dramatic increase in mass shootings since the early 1990’s.

itsoeasy · 56-60, M

@marineaqua if they stopped making guns, then collected allthe guns from gangs, eventually they woul dhave control,