Society & Culture

shootings in American public places

Society & Culture

Posted by: stewart bookworm

21st Jan 2011 12:09pm

I know it is in bad taste but have you ever wondered why these people can shoot off 40 rounds at close range and only hit such a few .


MikeT
  • 19th Apr 2011 11:38am

Americans are right to maintain the "right to bear arms" although I'd question the availability of military-style guns. Many US states with high rates of firearm ownership have low rates of crime. Having said that, many of the massacres which have occurred in US, Europe and in Australia (Port Arthur) have been by known nutcases- it seems the civil libertarians would like to ban gun ownership- but not restrict gun ownership to "sane" people. Sine guns were freely available when I was young, and they aren't now, yet massacres and gun crime generally have increased (despite "tough gun laws", at least here and in UK) it would seem to me that there is a deep malaise in society which is setting nutters off. The breakdown in mental health services perhaps?


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