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In reply to the discussion: The problem is that too many gun owners are more afraid of ****CRIMINALS**** and/or [View all]tech3149
(4,452 posts)7. I'm with you
Of the same age, lived and worked in areas that most white middle America considered a risk to life and property. There were times I feared for my safety but never to the point of paranoia. I never even had the urge to have a gun of any sort.
I have no doubt that as a nation we have a sort of psychopathy driven by sensationalist popular media and news coverage.
I see little chance of reducing gun violence until we can honestly address our propensity and reliance on violent means to solve our problems.
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The problem is that too many gun owners are more afraid of ****CRIMINALS**** and/or [View all]
hedgehog
Oct 2015
OP
Despite the fact that violence in general has been dropping for decades
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#2
If tens of thousands of Americans were not killed every year by handguns and semi-autos,
tabasco
Oct 2015
#29
Which google shows no mass murders but individual and of course accidental.
uppityperson
Oct 2015
#17
The intended purpose of a firearm is to expel a projectile at a high rate of speed with accuracy...
TipTok
Oct 2015
#47
But the chances of any one person being the victim of crime are very small. Maybe we have to take
hedgehog
Oct 2015
#24
I don't fear government to the point of hyperventilation like a right wing gun nut, but ...
Old Union Guy
Oct 2015
#34