On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:14:41 -0500, "Existential Angst" wrote:
They play the same video games around the world. I know that because I'm a gamer. Some few countries censor out some gore content. But the killing in the games is all the same. I don't know about the drug aspect, except in the case of a brother where taking lithium has kept him from killing himself or somebody else, depending on mood. Might be more shootings with less drugs. Who can say? Don't know how widespread drugging kids is in other countries. All I know is where there's less guns, there's less shootings. It's as obvious as the nose on your face. Not going to get into bullshit about knifings, bombings, etc. And I don't care a bit about gun laws, one way or the other. As long as I can buy a shotgun, hunting rifle, or revolver after proving I'm not crazy or criminal, and have some minimum training. The big problem here, especially with mass shootings, is the easy availability of "larger" caliber semi-autos with large capacity magazines. But gun nuts and all the gun industry money are built into the scenery in the U.S. Used to be a shotgun, .38 police special, or if you want badass a .357 magnum were the home defense or carry weapons of choice. Wasn't until about the '80's when the semi-autos became common for "home defense." Real good mass killer weapons. Firepower. For the Lanza women - a gun nut - she needed a Bushmaster too. But most of the mass killing is done with semi-auto pistols. The Giffords woman was a gun nut, bragging about how good she was with a Glock. A Glock killed the people around her, and put a bullet in her head. She still doesn't understand that if she can have a Glock, everybody can have a Glock. Thinks she's "special." That's just how it works. So as you said, "just get used to it." Part of the "culture."