14 Children and Teacher Killed in Texas Elementary School Shooting

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As much as I support adding some safeguards to the purchase process for guns, I really don't think this is happening because of access to guns. People in many other countries have lots of access to guns and this still happens far, far more frequently here, there's no comparison.

Life in the US is, for many, just too alienating, lonely, and just plain terrible. Human beings were meant to function in close knit communities and extended family clans. You're supposed to live in a house or compound with multiple generations, surrounded by lots of cousins, nieces & nephews, etc, as well as peers who you interact with on a daily basis.

Many American kids grow up in a single family household, and among those, many with only one parent or shared time between parents. Their only exposure to social interaction outside their immediate family is likely to be at school, but with the advent of the internet and social media, there is less meaningful and personal interaction with peers outside school. My wife is a teacher and she is seeing it. These kids are fucking socially retarded. They aren't even having sex with each other anymore. Many text with each other instead of talking, even if they are in the same room. How many people do you think regularly played team sports or other team activities and ended up being mass murderers? (For reasons other than political or ideological extremism)

In social isolation, mental illnesses are allowed to metastasize and you end up with monsters. Among mass shooters, this is virtually universal. Very, very few of them were socially integrated beyond their immediate family and rarely a handful of friends.

So I'd argue our problem is less associated with guns, and more associated with the American way of life and how much it just flat out fucking sucks for millions.

Originally Posted by Kaveh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why be pro Russian? Commies are bad and against freedom

Originally Posted by robayon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

o7 Well stated

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Some reading/viewing material ... that probably won't change anyone's mind, because you could shoot fifty babies in front of a gun nut and they still would only care about their 2nd amendment rights:

• Global gun violence and laws compared — by the numbers (After a shooting at a Texas school, many Europeans are once again puzzled by the lax gun laws in the US.)
• Ted Cruz Was Left Speechless After A Reporter Asked Him Why Mass Shootings Only Happen In America
• Abbott calls Texas school shooting a mental health issue but cut state spending for it
  (While such programs require more funding, they wouldn't eliminate the need for gun control, experts said.)

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How quick did people start in on guns again? iirc the bodies were still warm.

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The stateless are owed no protection by any Sovereign.

Some shit like that ring your bell?

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No, I am American. How exactly should this have rung my bell?

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]