I don't know what happened but I will say that the problem lies with people. People as individuals are living unbalanced lives and that translates into society being unbalanced. It is not just here but everywhere. The only thing we can do is make ourselves better people in every way.
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Atomic Playboy
Lifer
When I was in college, there were a large group of extremely liberal students who insisted that we needed to consider why certain Middle-Easterners were so pissed off at America that they would carry out a massive terrorist operation like 9/11. And they had a point; considering the motivation behind an act is a better way to help make sure it never happens again. Now we find ourselves with a rash of shootings, and the solution is "just take away the guns." Well, OK, fine, but what about the root cause of this problem? What is causing the build-up of angst in our country that is causing people to go completely off the rails and shoot up public places? Why is it important that we consider the motivations of the international terrorist but not the domestic one?
Taking away guns after a school shooting is like building the TSA after 9/11; it's saying that the problem on 9/11 wasn't that there were a group of highly determined people who wanted to harm us, it was that planes weren't secure enough. You see the tragedy of a school shooting and think "hey, if he didn't have a gun, he couldn't have harmed anyone." Yes, he could have, though probably not at as effectively. The real question is "why did he want to and how can we help stop these types of actions in the future?"
BoberFett
Lifer
The OP starts with a political message, and you single out the "gun nuts" for spewing their politics.
What a shameless bunch of whores. And Vito wonder why I attack Democrats...
Gonad the Barbarian
Lifer
Of course the problem lies with people. And problem people with guns are a big fucking problem.
Puddle Jumper
Platinum Member
Apple runs a background check on you before they let you purchase an iPad?
This is a terrible thing, and I can't believe you morons are already heading down the same well worn path favored by idiots talking about gun control as the solution. Well, nevermind, considering the pervasive level of stupidity, I guess I can believe it.
You have no idea who the guy is, what actually happened, when/where/how he got his weapon(s) and so forth.... Sad and pathetic.
You have no idea who the guy is, what actually happened, when/where/how he got his weapon(s) and so forth.... Sad and pathetic.
MomentsofSanity
Lifer
Some shameless people in here. If you want to discuss gun control go start a thread for it but keep that shit out of here as you feign concern for the victims of this horrific incident.
Jaskalas
Lifer
With everyone else disarmed, no one could stop him.
I recall classrooms only having a single entrance / exit. Maybe not the ones in main buildings, but the addon trailers they use... those things are death traps.
CombatChuk
Platinum Member
The United States in general treats Mental Health as such a taboo subject. It's true, that if people were more mentally balanced shootings like this wouldn't happen with as much frequency. The problem is, no one is going to treat Mental Health with the resources that it really needs, so we're left with restricting access to things that can cause harm others. In this case, guns.
work in the field, and I agree. Over half the population will seek mental health services over the course of their life, yet there's this ridiculous stigma attached to it.
nehalem256
Lifer
You mean just like Japan?
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=80964&page=1#.UMtvNIM701I
Maybe the government should ban knives too?
It is people using guns. Guns don't shoot themselves. Maybe people in South Korea find other ways.
The point is that people are perverted, messed up and have a lot of imbalance - most, if not all of us. A lot of people are capable of doing very terrible things under certain circumstances so don't think that we are any better. Some hold it in while others cannot/will not.
I see a lot of hostility on this forum directed at people whom one does not know. I find it strange that these same people are calling for calm and peace when they themselves are spreading hate.
Until "something" is done? Sorry, but with a population of 300 million plus, there's going to be incidents like this periodically, no matter what is done. No matter what you do you can't remove all weapons from the US, and even if you could, taking away a way for people to defend themselves is not the right answer regardless.
I'm sure the idiot left will use this to once again try to score points (as we've seen in this thread already) and push stupid agendas.
rudder
Lifer
Maybe not a shooter. Police nabbed someone in the woods near the school. May or may not be related.
Jaskalas
Lifer
Should be pretty clear later on, after witnesses confirm the number of men involved.
Way I figure it, a single man walks into the admin office - shoots it up, then goes into a classroom where everyone inside is trapped.
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