RE: High school shooting in Parkland FL
February 16, 2018 at 2:48 am
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2018 at 3:03 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(February 15, 2018 at 11:49 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Some people really don't want guns to be the issue here.
He's right, though, in the sense that we as a society need to address whatever issues might be causing such alienation. Granted that it's a miniscule proportion of murders, but I think we can agree that the root causes of this particular mass-murder also underlie other, less deadly social issues.
Doesn't it behoove us to address them?
(February 15, 2018 at 12:00 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: According to the BBC, there have been 19 shootings in US schools THIS YEAR (and it's not the end od February yet!)
When will America realise that giving the general public access to firearms is a bad idea.
I accept that exceptions may need to be made for farmers, people living near dangerous (non human) animals etc. but these should be strictly limited.
Here's some facts behind that quote.
(February 15, 2018 at 4:00 pm)Aegon Wrote: You think he would've done a whole lot driving a car into the building?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_New_Y...uck_attack
When anything can be a weapon, we'd ought to spend our energy addressing causes rather than means. I mean, if you want to kill ants, you can stamp about the countryside all day long, or you can look for the hive.
