Gun Control Thread- Should we?

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Well a good example is that a kid can steal several cars and never serve a day in jail. I had a car stolen by a kid who had also stolen 3 prior cars. Never served anytime for any of those crimes. The only reason he served anytime for stealing my car is because he had turned 18. My guess is if that happened in any outher country he would have been in jail.

Yeah, because our prison system is full of guys incarcerated for drug charges. Legalize drugs and you free up a system to put away REAL bad guys, not ones that tobacco/alcohol/pharmaceutical companies want locked up for competing with their products.

...and shit like this. Ten years for hacking?

Hollywood hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison - Yahoo! News

Nah...we didn't have bigger criminals roaming around out there that needed the space.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by firstdown

These guns have been around for a long time but these mass killings are something fairly new. Something other then the access to guns has changed and that's what needs to be fixed.

I think I stated a a big reason why these mass murders will continue and it's not because of guns. Nobody even talked about it or even commented. Why?




Listen to this forensic psychiatrist at near the end of this clip. Just listen to him. Hear him. Soak that in......now....put the pieces of many of the past mass murders together.


1) Columbine - Black trench coats, armored, anti-heros, going out in blaze of glory
At last we know why the Columbine killers did it. - Slate Magazine

2) Virginia Tech - Black military type gear, armored, anti-hero, going out in blaze of glory

Virginia Tech Shooting Confession Video - YouTube

3) Aurora Theater shooting - Black military type gear, armored, anti-hero, going out in blaze of glory (this guy punked out on killing himself)

4) Sandy Hook theater - Dressed in black fatigues, armored, anti-hero, going out in blaze of glory.


I want all of you to stop and think about this for a second. Look at the similarities here. They all have several things in common.

1) All planned at length
2) All sought to make a splash with the media
3) All see themselves as anti-heros
4) All have psychiatric problems or signs of it

In each case, they seem to try and one up each other to get the maximum press coverage once they are gone.


Our media is feeding these types of individuals. Like FD said, guns have been around for quite sometime, so why is it now that they are occurring. Well, when you eliminate common denominators, the only thing left between now and then is the explosion of the information age. Now, what once would be considered local even national news is now put on the world stage for all to see.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

I think I stated a a big reason why these mass murders will continue and it's not because of guns. Nobody even talked about it or even commented. Why?




Listen to this forensic psychiatrist at near the end of this clip. Just listen to him. Hear him. Soak that in......now....put the pieces of many of the past mass murders together.


1) Columbine - Black trench coats, armored, anti-heros, going out in blaze of glory
At last we know why the Columbine killers did it. - Slate Magazine

2) Virginia Tech - Black military type gear, armored, anti-hero, going out in blaze of glory
Virginia Tech Shooting Confession Video - YouTube

3) Aurora Theater shooting - Black military type gear, armored, anti-hero, going out in blaze of glory (this guy punked out on killing himself)

4) Sandy Hook theater - Dressed in black fatigues, armored, anti-hero, going out in blaze of glory.


I want all of you to stop and think about this for a second. Look at the similarities here. They all have several things in common.

1) All planned at length
2) All sought to make a splash with the media
3) All see themselves as anti-heros
4) All have psychiatric problems or signs of it

In each case, they seem to try and one up each other to get the maximum press coverage once they are gone.


Our media is feeding these types of individuals. Like FD said, guns have been around for quite sometime, so why is it now that they are occurring. Well, when you eliminate common denominators, the only thing left between now and then is the explosion of the information age. Now, what once would be considered local even national news is now put on the world stage for all to see.

Maybe we should ban black clothes

[saden1]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Maybe we should ban black clothes

I think his point is that it's a game now and an evil one at that. These people are mentally stable enough to put on war fatigue.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by saden1

I think his point is that it's a game now and an evil one at that. These people are mentally stable enough to put on war fatigue.

No I know.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Maybe we should ban black clothes

Originally Posted by saden1

I think his point is that it's a game now and an evil one at that. These people are mentally stable enough to put on war fatigue.

I think at this point, it's you all that are trolling, not the other way around.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

I think at this point, it's you all that are trolling, not the other way around.

That's funny

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

That's funny

What's funny about it? It's evident you (and others) are trolling at this point. Why you say?

Originally Posted by FRPLG

The pro gun crowd doesn't have answers. Some even seem to ignore the alarming stats that point to a serious problem. I cannot fathom how they don't find concern with the sheer amount of guns owned in the country. If guns aren't he problem...or a part of it...then what is?

We don't have answers, yet not a single one of you have acknowledge what I posted with any sincerity. Not one. Yet the evidence is OVERWHELMING that it plays a huge part in why we have mass murderers, yet...the answer is always......BAN THIS/REGULATE THAT.


How about we address the real problems at hand. Mental health and media. They play more of a factor here than do the availability of guns. These people are doing this merely for the attention it will bring to them once they are gone.