Jokes aside, when I was a kid in the 80s we had REALISTIC toy guns and cap guns. We chased each other around waving them in the air publicly. We had a proliferation of guns. Think of the best of the 80s action movies. Yet⊠I donât recall all the school shootings. Whatâs the difference? I think its social media and general media glorification to the nut jobs.
Guns have been around for a couple centuries now. I donât think anyone really has any misconceptions on what they can be used for (talking about killing here). Marketing probably has little influence on the perception of what a gun is capable of.
Gun culture has changed dramatically in the US over the past 50 years. And not for the better IMO.
So, gang shootings in chicago that kill 4 people would be considered a mass shooting???
Is it gun culture, or is it a culture of having no respect for life in generalâŠwhether its the unborn, animals, the elderly, and etc
Can you give an example of what you mean by this?
Lots more psychotropic drug use doesnât seem unrelated.
What was it like 50 years ago, in your experience?
Hunting was 99% of the non-handgun market and tacticool wasnât a whole culture.
I find it strange that you bemoan this perceived trend of yours while also being an assault weapon owner. Shouldnât other Americans have the same opportunity to own the same type of weapon you do?
I donât find it strange that you have no real examples to back up the assertions you make about American gun culture.
Semi-automatic weapons of war have been widely available to Americans since they were invented. The Civilian Marksmanship Program was established in 1903 not for hunting, but to cultivate a gun culture that would make the population of the United States more capable in wartime. To this day any non-prohibited person can buy perfectly-functional WWII surplus semi-automatic rifles that were actual weapons of war.
If you find a .223 fired from an AR-15 to be an alarming display of firepower, you should see what a .30-06 fired out of a long-barreled Garand can do.
Iâd bet thatâs incorrect.
Iâve never understood why they donât just make using a gun to murder people illegal. It seems if they made that a law we wouldnât need so many other laws with finer details.
One big law to keep us all safe.
I have previously proposed just such a law:
I agree. They should also sell nukes in supermarkets but make it illegal to use them. That should work.
Only guns have legal uses too, which entirely invalidates the comparison.
The idea presented was that laws are enough to prevent crime. My post utilized that line of reasoning to justify the sale of nukes. Although, after reading the post again, Iâm not sure if he was serious.
Fair enough.
Fairly sure heâs was sarcastic. Hence I though you were taking the opposing view and that made me misread your post as a parallel to gun laws supporting that we shouldnât even sell guns.
Damn, yaâll better watch me then.
I think we know that laws that regulate how guns are used, donât stop people from using them illegally. So I believe any laws which may keep nuts and morons from purchasing guns need to be balanced against making it possible for the rest of the population to buy guns. I think a happy medium is attainable. The thing is, you have places like New Jersey where they might as well ban guns itâs so difficult to get a license. Having lived there, it didnât make me feel safer knowing how strict the laws were.
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