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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: a sincere, non-trollish question, if I may..... [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)12. I actually agree
I think US media is part of it. Watch a Canadian or any other non US cop show. US cop shows, especially in the 1970s, always had a shoot out and dead bodies everywhere, even if the bad guy was an accountant who was cooking the books. Our action movies are the same way. I'm old enough to remember when street gangs used knives and tire chains instead of guns. Even before the 1968 Gun Control Act when you could order a pistol from Sears and it come to your door without FFL or background check. Now they use guns even though the laws are stricter. Why? My pet theory is that movies made it "cool".
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I don't think a carry permit would be relevant to a premeditated murderer carrying a briefcase.
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#5
A paradigm shift so Americans will no longer believe that violence solves all problems.
FLyellowdog
Aug 2012
#8
I also agree with FLyellowdawg and award 1 bonus point for use of the term "paradigm shift"
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#19
Stopping bullying, yes. We should take violence and intimidation seriously from birth to death. n/t
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#20
That might be closer to "reasonable" if federal, state or local governement couldn't change the
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#18
Scalia? Scalia?!! I showed you, very clearly, that this has nothing to do with Scalia
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#46
You haven't defined "the loophole", so how would you get rid of it?
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2012
#43
It's, you know, the loophole. Everyone knows it's a loophole. Why define it?
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#44