America is a violent country
POSTED BY: kpo
UPDATED: Sunday, May 3, 2026 18:45
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Ain't about guns, it's about sanity.
We are not a sane society, and THAT, more than anything else, is the problem.
Reducing the tools by why that violence is often carried out is just pruning the branches, not striking the root.
-F
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When it comes to guns, I would say "chicken or the egg"?
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Quote Niki: When it comes to guns, I would say "chicken or the egg"?
Not me. I'm with Frem on this. Americans have a strong leaning toward
Unrealistic (at the good end) to Batshit Crazy at the violent end.
Guns don't make us crazy. There are many other factors creating that.
At the high levels = influential people & elected leaders, to the grass
roots individuals, we have become experts at evading responsibility
and justifying our insanity and destructiveness. Perhaps we are just
four times as corrupt as other industrialized nations.
America is a giant cooky -- crumbly, sick cooky.
We keep voting for Rambo instead of Buddha.
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I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ~Charles R Swindoll
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You'll get no argument from ME, Oonj!
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Quote:
Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:
Ain't about guns, it's about sanity.
We are not a sane society, and THAT, more than anything else, is the problem.
Reducing the tools by why that violence is often carried out is just pruning the branches, not striking the root.
-F
Yeah Frem, that about sums it up.
We also have a serious problem in this country where we destroy a lot of beautiful virgin land and build houses that nobody needs or could afford as well, but I don't think the answer is to outlaw hammers.
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book
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Meanwhile, if it's all about a case of national insanity, then do you firmly believe that the most insane among us should have ready access to firearms with high-capacity drum mags?
"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero
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I'm not sure what you mean by that, Mike. Of course the answer is "no", but what are you really asking?
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I think I agree with Kwicko. If people keep saying that something else is going on, that some sort of societal group breakdown is happening, then how can you be so cavalier aboutgun ownership. A sick society is one thing, a sick armed society is another.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
I think I agree with Kwicko. If people keep saying that something else is going on, that some sort of societal group breakdown is happening, then how can you be so cavalier aboutgun ownership. A sick society is one thing, a sick armed society is another.
Bingo. Several people over the last few days have brought up that it's our "insane" society that is driving these things, not the guns. So the question I'm asking is, if you believe that the entire country, or a significant portion of it, is completely insane, psychotic, sociopathic, then are you comfortable with such people having ready access to massive arsenals at a moment's notice?
"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero
"The groin cup and throat protector have about as much ballistic protection as the kneepads I wear when I'm doing a job that requires me to be on my knees." - Troll
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