Thread: We need hammer control NOW!!!

Originally Posted by dutchraptor

Guns aren't the cause of the problem, but they are part of it.

1. Media sensationalism that leads to the glorification and near-celebrity status of crazed gunmen
2. Lack of support for the mentally ill
3. A culture of confrontation
4. Mistrust of local (and federal) authorities
5. A "gun culture" born out of points 3 and 4.

These are the issues that need to be addressed if gun violence is to be reduced. There aren't nearly as many guns in circulation here in Canada, but it's still incredibly easy to get your hands on one. But we don't have nearly as many mass shootings (can't think of any in the last couple years), because we're not faced with problems 1-5 (at least not much).

Originally Posted by GavinGill

1. Media sensationalism that leads to the glorification and near-celebrity status of crazed gunmen
2. Lack of support for the mentally ill
3. A culture of confrontation
4. Mistrust of local (and federal) authorities
5. A "gun culture" born out of points 3 and 4.

These are the issues that need to be addressed if gun violence is to be reduced. There aren't nearly as many guns in circulation here in Canada, but it's still incredibly easy to get your hands on one. But we don't have nearly as many mass shootings (can't think of any in the last couple years), because we're not faced with problems 1-5 (at least not much).

Completely right, but none of that validates gun ownership. Guns should be regulated (not banned, nothing good comes from things that are banned), laws should be established that prohibits anything but the most basic gun possible.

Education and medical care for all is definitely the long term solution, as it always is. For now a temporary solution involving stricter surveillance might actually work. The middle step of a reform is always the toughest, for things to change, the people must adapt.