War on drugs works in some south east Asin countries and I'd deploy that tactic. If you are a pusher, life in prsion for you! If you are a user, five year mandatory minimum and mandatory rehabilitation.
So you think the War On Drugs has been successful then?
tbh I'm pretty sure Nazi Germany encouraged gun ownership for all non-Jewish citizens.
That the Jews were disarmed before it, minimizing any risk of resistance
...the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
How about upbringing/lack of decent morality? You think every person that kills someone DUI or in a drunken bar fight has some mental affliction? That's besides the point anyways. Alcohol directly leads to violent behavior via inhibition of good judgment/self-restraint, and if no one consumed alcohol or other drugs with similar effects, you would see that kind of violence plummet. What makes alcohol sacred and not a gun, something which has negligible effect on the mental state of a person using one (as you admitted), and is routinely used not just for personal pleasure but for self-defense?
In many parts of the country they are about as low as anywhere else.
Losing your boundaries is why people like to drink alcohol, that's pretty much an inherent property. For many people it's more a matter of unwinding, greater confidence, etc rather than going full angry-violent-drunk, but to blame an underlying condition when hundreds of thousands commit crimes every year under the influence of alcohol is underselling the damage it has on society. I'd argue that because drugs more directly cause a person to lose their mind than guns, that they are more damaging to society on the whole.
https://archive.moe/r9k/thread/22785073/#22785729
jesus christ..that thread. people telling him to do it and praising him after.
I noticed that as well so that only the morbidly curious would have to dig to get to know the shooter rather than have his life story plastered everywhere. I wonder if it had to do with the psychologists grave warning, albeit from years ago, that if the media continues to offer the kind of exposure that it is capable of to the wrong people, it will encourage more events like this. I saw more exposure of the army veteran that blew passed the staff to intervene, was shot seven times, and lived to tell about it. I felt that this kind of focus emboldens the good guys for once.I can honestly say that in comparing this shooting with previous ones (Lanza for example), they did a much better job of not announcing the shooters name like he just won a gold medal for the USA in Moscow. His face wasn't posted on every other site across the internet either.
Example: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...me-official-says-of-gunman-in-oregon-shooting
I noticed that as well so that only the morbidly curious would have to dig to get to know the shooter rather than have his life story plastered everywhere. I wonder if it had to do with the psychologists grave warning, albeit from years ago, that if the media continues to offer the kind of exposure that it is capable of to the wrong people, it will encourage more events like this. I saw more exposure of the army veteran that blew passed the staff to intervene, was shot seven times, and lived to tell about it. I felt that this kind of focus emboldens the good guys for once.
I forgot the name of the group but they have been pressuring news agencies to not print names or faces of mass shooters because giving them attention also gives them incentives
Good on them! You recalled more than I did, I only remember the video about the expert citation about it from a very long time ago. The group in question must have picked up the ball and ran with it.I forgot the name of the group but they have been pressuring news agencies to not print names or faces of mass shooters because giving them attention also gives them incentives
I agree wholeheartedly. I thought the coverage, aside from what I heard about CNN flouting the local LE and publishing the shooter's name, was well done.Most of these guys who are doing these things feel satisfied when they see their name on every news station out there. Giving them no spotlight is a step in the right direction. :thumbsup: