High school shooting in Parkland FL

[Amarok]

Yeah and Ahole has not addressed why countries with far more violent media don't have mass shootings . Face it he just wants to blame "liberal " hollywood for cheap political points.

[ignoramus]

Oh my gosh....

I'm going to say whoever did this is some idiot who's really mad because he doesn't have a girlfriend. Probably why he picked Valentine's day. Just awful...

I think that entirely the point Brain's trying to make.
Any "normal" person can go spazzo for a few minutes and cause damage but let's give these "normal" people with "normal" psychological issues easy access to to guns so they can execute their craycray in a much more efficient manner. What difference does it make if someone's angry in the spur of the moment?!

Here's a hint : IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

But everybody knows it. But nothing changes.
America needs to change! Now! Storm the white house! y'all got guns haven't ya? Use them for their intended purpose!

[Cyberman]

Fuck rawstory and fuck Kimmel. Arguing gun control doesn't answer the underlying question as to why anyone would even act out to commit murder. There's a culture of violence in this country that's been partially created by Hollywood and the gaming industry among other influences. There's been a deterioration of morals and self discipline among the youth with no fear of consequences. Like minded Jack Asses like you with your Fucking Cops threads and your radical disdain for lawful order only works to encourage a continued culture of violence here.

You seem to forget that there was an abundance of violence in this country long before Hollywood and video games and other influences.

He also forgot to mention that other countries are juat as steeped in Hollywood and video games, and those "other influences" (it's the music and the sinful rhythm dancing that goes with it, isn't it?). Three guesses what they generally don't have that the US does.

[pocaracas]

Sure. They could be just as much to blame as anything else for what's going on. We've created a culture of violence here through Hollywood and video games including other media sources. This goes way beyond a gun control issue when a kid can take it in his heart and mind to go out and commit murder.

There were also movies that glorified violence through guns, knives, bombs, axes, etc. which have all been used in actual killings. Don't know about the anvil thing you watched on 1000s of Looney Tune cartoons, though.

It is true that there is a culture of violence.
Magazines on guns, movies, tv series and whatnot.... all available to underage kids.
Meanwhile, showing a female nipple is immediate cause for censoring and, if such censoring fails, immediate outrage from everywhere.

Back when I was younger, a teen, there were these German tv channels that would broadcast slightly erotic movies at their 11pm (my 10pm hehe), on Fridays (and maybe Saturdays - my memory is fuzzy). They were out in the open, free channels. And the next day, in the morning, the same channels would give us kids cartoons. and then news and whatever... I don't know if they still do that... but, with the internet, there might not be a demand for those movies.
In the more conservative Portugal, they showed a program that came from Italy... Colpo grosso, with the "ragazze cin cin" (damn that brunette in red was hot!)
Anyway, my point is that there's nothing inherently wrong in showing some titties on tv... but there seems to be a problem with it.
However, showing violent movies like Rambo or Commando (you can tell I'm old skool), those are ok.

"Make love, not war" is a motto that died in the the 70's, huh?


Still, no matter how motivated one is, without easy access to weapons, this sort of shootings would never happen.
And there is easy access in the states due to "historical reasons". Well, at some point, "historical reasons" has to stop being a reason for kids to die or be put in constant danger.
Metal detectors at every school?! at every public office?! That's something that makes no sense to my european mentality. The US is not a war zone... but it sure feels like one.

It doesn't have to be that way, but it will require a massive shift in the mentality of the whole population and that requires political willpower.
How much of the 2018 budget to the "armed forces" would it take to buy back all privately owned firearms in the country?

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Guns aren't that big of a problem in America. As everyone says, there is over 300 million guns in people's homes. Only a very, very, small number are actually used in shootings. Now while once in a while some nut does shoot into a house but it's not a problem and people aren't fearful of it happening to them even in crime-ridden areas. There's no reason to be fearful.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

There's no reason to be fearful.

Seventeen families in Florida might take issue with that statement.

Boru

[DodosAreDead]

There's no reason to be fearful.

Seventeen families in Florida might take issue with that statement.

So would 27 families in Sandy Hook and 58 in Las Vegas.

[Cyberman]

Clearly it is a problem.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

When I was that guy's age I was killing people for $8.23/day. And they were trying to kill me back. Fair play.

[Joods]

There's no reason to be fearful.

Seventeen families in Florida might take issue with that statement.

Boru

If those seventeen families knew about these forums and read that, I can assure you that they would indeed take issue with that statement. Something would be wrong with them if they didn't.

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Seventeen families in Florida might take issue with that statement.

So would 27 families in Sandy Hook and 58 in Las Vegas.

And the 50 families in the Pulse nightclub incident. 

But no matter.... they're just families who's loved ones died from mass shootings. 
No reason to be fearful at all.