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[fermentation]

Whenever there's a tragedy, some people are always quick to use it as an excuse to get on their political soapbox. It's only a matter of time someone blames guns, video games, movies, music, or something.

[liveinkorea316]

Fermentation: It wasn't a natural disaster. It had human causes that can possibly be controlled. Um....no gun, no ability to commit shooting? It's a kind of logic that is borne out it many countries year after year for example Canada, the UK, Australia. How many mass shootings do they have? So your point is that Americans are just mentally a little bit more damaged? Or something like that? What's the cause man? It's a human and controllable cause as EVIDENCED in other countries.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Titus]

Last night the theater near my house had police and ambulances at the entrance in case of a copycat. I fear we'll have to pass though metal detectors for every trip to the movies or mall or Target or any public place eventually. We still take our shoes off for the TSA.

What a horrible event. I've not read much about it but I assume it would mostly be teens on summer vacation going to a midnight showing of a superhero movie. I don't know why, but I find it more evil when I think of the 16-17 year olds on dates, the nerds who have counted down the days, getting shot up.

He bought the guns legally and recently. Those of us who believe private citizens ought to have the right to buy and carry firearms - if we're being honest with ourselves - are repeatedly having our beliefs challenged. He had an AR15. I hunt. I also own for family protection. I don't need an AR15.

[ontheway]

The dude snapped.

Due to socialist programs, massive total Federal Government debt now exceeding $100 trillion and the federal reserve, we have experienced and have not yet escaped from a 2nd Great Depression.

This highly educated scientist couldn't get a job in this socialist depression. He went nuts, jumped on the Batman theme as a diversion and became the Joker. Then his tormented mind took it to the next level and he decided to become the Joker in his reality and in the real world of the people around him.

Unfortunately in our gun paranoid society, there was no one else in the theater who was armed who could take him out when he started his attack, and no one else with enough experience around weapons to master their fear and use the cover of chaos to jump him.

Americans need to be trained to understand and use guns and not to fear them. There are many things more deadly than guns that people use every day without running away in panic, because they haven't been taught to panic when they see them, as they have been with guns.

[Fat_Elvis]

Homicides by firearm per 100,000 population

The United States 4.14 (2004-2006)
Canada 0.76 (1992)
Scotland 0.19 (1994)
England/Wales 0.07 (2002)
South Korea 0.04 (1994)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate

[ontheway]

[Titus]

[Kuros]

[chickenpie]

Well done America. Again.

Strange how China hasn't followed the US in gun culture...

[visitorq]

[chellovek]

ontheway, I haven't properly checked this site in 2 years and yet you're still here with your spurious logic.

Don't let nuance get in the way of riding your political hobbyhorse. Ride on, dear chum, ride on.

[visitorq]

[Captain Corea]

[Fat_Elvis]