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To: kidl who wrote (134700)	9/1/2019 6:40:32 PM
From: Sam	Respond to of 372242

There is no one thing that will actually stop this lunacy. As you say, there are just way too many guns out there already. That said, just as the stop smoking campaign has taken decades and plenty of people still smoke, it has clearly had an effect and smoking is no long ubiquitous and a great many people have stopped and many others have never started. The gun problem has to be seen in a similar light--there are large parts of this country have a gun culture, a lot of it, even the great majority of it, is OK and not harmful, but we must slowly circumscribe that gun culture, stop its expansion and keep educating people that regulating the distribution of guns is not a bad thing, it is a necessary thing that we will in the long run benefit from. But the mass killings are bound to continue. Pandora's Box has been opened.

To: kidl who wrote (134700)	9/1/2019 8:45:20 PM
From: pocotrader	Respond to of 372242

Kidl. I grew up watching the 3 stooges. it didn't make me want to slap someone or poke them in the eye, I have been playing video games since 1993 I haven't shot or killed anyone, what do these shooters have in common? my guess is either they are racist, have a mental illness or have major depression. most seem to be white males leading a shitty life and owning big guns makes them feel powerful.

To: kidl who wrote (134700)	9/1/2019 8:51:30 PM
From: Smart_Asset	Respond to of 372242

<<While probably over-simplifying a seemingly insurmountable problem, maybe we should start with curtailing violent movies and computer games?>> Some would say violent movies and computer games are outlets for violence rather than precipitators. IMO certainly much, much more stringent background checks are a good start. Banning assault rifles a good follow up. An idea of mine is that the names of execs with the gun manufacturers could be made known to the general public. After all they are making large sums of money promoting gun culture. Putting political pressure on corporations has had effect in other instances. Here's a link to the Colt executive team. They're making plenty of money from assault weapons. colt.net