Post by rachelcarson1953 on Feb 25, 2018 22:24:04 GMT
But the bigger picture, and I'm just 'what-if-ing', is that mentally unstable people don't need a gun to do violence. What if everyone who bought kitchen knives had to register them? This shooter took out seventeen people; there are serial killers, running under the radar, that have had higher body counts.
So many things can be used as a weapon. Rope, rat poison, knives, vehicles; the list is endless. The mass shootings get more media attention. But the real issue is, humans are going to hurt other humans in any society; how can we legislate a completely safe society and still be free?
How to deal with violence is part of the human condition. It has been ongoing as long as there have been humans.
But the acts are made easier when a tool such as a gun which is only designed to kill is so readily available. I guess the issue is far more complex, it's not as simple as just banning guns or having better controls, it is about society as a whole in a lot of ways.
I am often reminded of FUTSIES which are people in the Judge Dredd world who flip because of the pressure. I honestly don't think we as humans are supposed to be living the way we do.