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ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:17 PM Jun 2015

Mass shootings: Can't it be everything, not just one thing?

Why do we have to say it is one thing?

It is the guns. it is the racism. it is the games we play, the games we watch, the movies, the video games the Television (Did you know that Criminal Minds is on 24 hours a day?) the vernacular (That killed).

IT IS ALL OF THAT>

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Mass shootings: Can't it be everything, not just one thing? (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Jun 2015 OP

Not this one. n/t jen63 Jun 2015 #1

That's too complex for most people. nt MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #2

Yes, it IS. elleng Jun 2015 #3

Something like this is nearly always a toxic brew hifiguy Jun 2015 #4

Not really IVoteDFL Jun 2015 #5

They all need to be addressed equally, with the same depth and at the same damn time eom Quayblue Jun 2015 #6

Yes. 840high Jun 2015 #7

jen63

(813 posts)

1. Not this one. n/t

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:18 PM

Jun 2015

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

2. That's too complex for most people. nt

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:21 PM

Jun 2015

elleng

(131,028 posts)

3. Yes, it IS.

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:22 PM

Jun 2015

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

4. Something like this is nearly always a toxic brew

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:24 PM

Jun 2015

of a bunch of pathologies. Add ready access to guns, and it's a wonder this kind of thing doesn't happen more often.

IVoteDFL

(417 posts)

5. Not really

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:26 PM

Jun 2015

We can all probably agree that this guy shouldn't have been given a gun, but it doesn't change his harmful mindset or guarantee that there would still be 9 more people left in the world. I've worked in a hunting supply place and you don't need a gun to kill unarmed congregates at a church.

As for the other stuff, no. Millions of people watch the same violent movies and television and play violent games. Almost all of them do not commit this kind of hate and violence in real life.

Pretty much it is just the racism and it scares me.

Quayblue

(1,045 posts)

6. They all need to be addressed equally, with the same depth and at the same damn time eom

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:26 PM

Jun 2015

840high

(17,196 posts)

7. Yes.

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 11:57 PM

Jun 2015

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