jross Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 In the historic land of red, white, and blue, guns were as common as apple pie, yet harmony prevailed. What changed?
Husker_Du Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 mental health. proliferation of victimhood. all the guns the left want to ban have been around for 70 years. 3 TBD
Plasmodium Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 Murder rates are slightly up from 70 years ago but down from 50 years ago. It is not necessarily the numbers or the occurrence. It is the terrorism and the innocents. I agree with Husker that mental health plays a big role.
jross Posted May 15, 2023 Author Posted May 15, 2023 What caused the change in mental health, and still is?
GreatWhiteNorth Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 12:57 AM, jross said: In the historic land of red, white, and blue, guns were as common as apple pie, yet harmony prevailed. What changed? Expand ... except that harmony didn't really ever "prevail" in our society when guns were common. It's a nice thought, but it's as mythical as a yeti. It's more of a tale of the guns prevailing than anything else. When one group had the guns, they made the law. When the guns became readily available to the lawless, gun violence ensued. Little has changed since then.
Plasmodium Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 4:55 AM, GreatWhiteNorth said: ... except that harmony didn't really ever "prevail" in our society when guns were common. It's a nice thought, but it's as mythical as a yeti. It's more of a tale of the guns prevailing than anything else. When one group had the guns, they made the law. When the guns became readily available to the lawless, gun violence ensued. Little has changed since then. Expand Mass public slaughter of random people has increased dramatically this century. 2
Plasmodium Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) On 5/15/2023 at 4:17 AM, jross said: What caused the change in mental health, and still is? Expand Most obvious changes are the internet and population. Edited May 15, 2023 by Plasmodium 2
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 4:55 AM, GreatWhiteNorth said: ... except that harmony didn't really ever "prevail" in our society when guns were common. It's a nice thought, but it's as mythical as a yeti. It's more of a tale of the guns prevailing than anything else. When one group had the guns, they made the law. When the guns became readily available to the lawless, gun violence ensued. Little has changed since then. Expand adorable... first school shooting happened in the 1850's... first school shooting where children were shot was in the 1890's... we used to raid and slaughter entire villages and be celebrated for it... if someone stepped out of line, we used to be able to handle it all on our own and in most cases be celebrated for it... the world used to be a much more violent place on a daily basis and little things like a few people people getting killed was not big enough news to even reach the next grass hut... the absolute main thing that has changed is an over abundance of self-importance... 1
Offthemat Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 4:17 AM, jross said: What caused the change in mental health, and still is? Expand Ritalin?
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 you guys do realize our church used to kill more people on the reg in much more horrible ways than these few measly shootings, right? and people would come from miles around to watch our church do it...
jross Posted May 15, 2023 Author Posted May 15, 2023 The entertainment and media industry has glamorized and normalized gun violence. The increase in "me" over family.
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:07 PM, jross said: The entertainment and media industry has glamorized and normalized gun violence. The increase in "me" over family. Expand we used to write poems about violence and the gains from it... the only difference now is how soft and safe people think they are... used to be, you wanted to find violence it was right outside of your hut and you could get whatever you want... there was no confusion and certainly no quarter... soft like women men are now...
Plasmodium Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 (edited) No doubt, but I don't think we have a decent explanation yet. Why is one particular society disproportionately effected by gun violence? Edited May 15, 2023 by Plasmodium
Bigbrog Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 No. 1A = Parenting and the lack of teaching accountability and discipline No. 1B = Mental Health - this is related to No. 1A in that parents need to teach their kids how to deal with conflict and work through tough things in life...and NOT to just shove pills down kids throats. And then make it okay to talk about things
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 44K gun deaths in america in 2022... that was an afternoon just a few years ago... the soft weak men in this country need to get some perspective...
Le duke Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:10 PM, LJB said: we used to write poems about violence and the gains from it... the only difference now is how soft and safe people think they are... used to be, you wanted to find violence it was right outside of your hut and you could get whatever you want... there was no confusion and certainly no quarter... soft like women men are now... Expand Tell me, LJB, how many people have you killed? You seem quite comfortable with the topic.
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:20 PM, Le duke said: Tell me, LJB, how many people have you killed? You seem quite comfortable with the topic. Expand not one... but... i know our planets history clearly better than most...
Le duke Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:21 PM, LJB said: not one... but... i know our planets history clearly better than most... Expand It's kind of weird that you are so cavalier about discussing a topic that you, by your own admission, clearly know very little about.
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:24 PM, Le duke said: It's kind of weird that you are so cavalier about discussing a topic that you, by your own admission, clearly know very little about. Expand i did not say i know little about it, i just answered your silly little question... keep playing your silly little game... you are adorable!!!
Le duke Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:13 PM, LJB said: 44K gun deaths in america in 2022... that was an afternoon just a few years ago... the soft weak men in this country need to get some perspective... Expand Yet you call others soft and weak. I'm pretty sure you're the soft one, bud.
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:31 PM, Le duke said: Yet you call others soft and weak. I'm pretty sure you're the soft one, bud. Expand
Le duke Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:33 PM, LJB said: Expand You strike me as a "I would have signed up, but I'd knock a Drill Sergeant out if he yelled at me" type.
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:51 PM, Le duke said: You strike me as a "I would have signed up, but I'd knock a Drill Sergeant out if he yelled at me" type. Expand adorable... you keep making all your little assumptions about me and i will keep giggling at you... just like always...
Mike Parrish Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:07 PM, jross said: The entertainment and media industry has glamorized and normalized gun violence. The increase in "me" over family. Expand Social media allows like minded people to find each other much more easily. Reinforcement of bad ideas is an inevitable outcome of such a system.
LJB Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/15/2023 at 2:54 PM, Mike Parrish said: Social media allows like minded people to find each other much more easily. Reinforcement of bad ideas is an inevitable outcome of such a system. Expand 100%... that is not limited to one ideology...
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