What's up with Canada? They have just as many guns as we do, but almost no problems like this? What is different?
There are twice as many private police officers in this country, go look for one. A trained pro who doesn't get treated with kid gloves if he fucks up, unlike public workers.
Bout of depression is way fucking different from being a sociopath or a schizophrenic. Have you ever had thoughts of going into a building and killing everyone? My point is, in many cases these people have a history of mental illness and we just ignore it until they snap.
Screams and the sounds of people being shot were coming over the school's intercom system at one point. Even the survivors are going to be deeply damaged by this. So very sad.
Switzerland isn't pure anarchy either, I would guess that certain areas of the US have less violence. Washington D.C.'s gun control hasn't worked out too well.
With such an emotionally charged subject, the most rational time to debate it is.usually not right after something this.horrific occurs. Will say I am pretty happy with my kids having multiple passcodes needed to.get into.school.
No I've never thought about hurting anyone like that, that's sounds crazy to me. I get your point though.
This is Connecticut though, and the one from the other day was here in Oregon, not exactly Afghanistan.
You can't prevent a situation like this. There was a mass stabbing in China today that killed 22 small children. These are sick people and if they want to hurt someone, they're going to do it. The only way you can prevent it is by identifying the people before they hurt someone.
Yeah fuck me, I'm still right statistically. Your inability to be rational is what I expect from a statist.
Clearly the problem is a combined one. Stupidity, mental illness, and guns. A multi-pronged approach is what's needed. This community had no previous problems of violence. (this was mental illness) DC has tons of problems with violence(this was stupidity) mexico has tons of problems (arizona is right across the border and ease of purchase illegally/legally)
Small correction: there were 22 WOUNDED children at the China stabbing. As far as I know, none of them have died. http://news.ca.msn.com/world/china-stabbing-spree-hurts-22-schoolchildren
"Long before Tuesday afternoon, when he killed two people, wounded a girl and then shot himself dead at Clackamas Town Center mall, Jacob Roberts had endured the death of his mother, a family betrayal, a fragile home life marked by mental illness and marijuana and a series of failed career plans that left his future unsettled. " http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamas...wn_center_shooting_50.html#incart_maj-story-1 The warning signs are there.
