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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: i-node who wrote (56610)2/16/2018 6:22:18 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 357981
 
Why would a substitute be necessary?

My thought experiment projects a scenario where the guns are somehow gone, as championed by many. In other words, would that fix the problem if it could somehow be implemented? If it wouldn't, then...

My engagement of this started with koan, whose standard approach to problem solving conspicuously skips feasibility assessment as though wishing made something so. And further that, once magically made so, the outcome would be pure and complete, without externalities or counter measures.

The "analysis" in this case seems to be that guns are the weapon so they must be the cause of the problem, and then it follows that somehow getting rid of the weapon would take care of the problem.

So, I've been musing on what might happen to mass murder if virtually all the guns were gone? Are peace and love likely to ensue or would whatever provokes the mass murderer more likely just be diverted to a substitute format for acting out?
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