It's not a stereo type; it's a world view.  If someone has a messed up view of the world because their belief system and its sacred texts/clerics brain wash that person into thinking that violence against certain individuals is demanded by a higher power, pussyfooting around that world view by rational people because it falls under the category of religion (*gasp* sacred!!) means that there will never be an end to these types of horrid events.

Maybe, maybe not, but this side-argument is still nit-picking and detracts from the wider issue... GUNS DO NOT BELONG IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY... PERIOD.

The black sarcasm is not appreciated and does nothing to support and alternative argument to gun control.  So tell me, when is there a GOOD time to denounce the use of guns in society... when every day somebody dies because an arsewipe picks up and uses a gun with the express intent to extinguish human life?  Do one [singular] murder make it any more palatable/acceptable?  Of course not!

And again, I will say, the blame for these needless killings also rests squarely on the shoulders of the '"it's my right to carry a gun" crowd... because it is their stubborn refusal to relinquish that 'right'? which creates the difficulty for government to enact gun control, hence more senseless gun slaughter occurs while access to firearms is made far too easy.  Every time some nut job commits mass murder with a firearm, every pro-gunner' needs to look at themselves honestly and accept that they are in part responsible

Put another way!  How would all you pro-gunners feel about some equally determined group defending their 'right' to use crack cocaine and/or heroin?  Yes, they're killing themselves, but what about the snowball effect... the so-called coolness of it all influencing your kids?  It's a case on monkey see, monkey do, with guns and/or drugs, and supposedly responsible members of society need to be better role models/leaders if things are to change for the better.

True, somebody with that mindset is going to kill, but those weapons are less capable of 'instant' mass murder, while putting the gun in his/her hand [via the right to bear arms mentality] enables  him/her to instantly and kill dozens in the blink of an eye... from a distance where he/she feels safe.  Having to kill with a knife up close removes that safety barrier and thus doubt arises.  I'm not saying it won't happen, but close proximity murders aren't as easy [or as multiple] as those from a distance with a firearm.  Provide the simplicity to kill and quite simply there will be nut jobs who will take advantage of it.

For every responsible? gun owner there's half a dozen nut jobs just waiting to go off.... so at the end of the day, under the right to bear arms mentality, there is NO responsible gun ownership... because the pro-gunners who responsibly their gun holstered/in a drawer, etc, also put guns in the hands of dickheads simply by perpetuating and demanding the 'right'.

Now your really grabbing at straws and insulting people who are clear minded/thinking responsible adults that don't require hand holding to get through life. This is just plain hysteria at its worst...enough already.

Based on your statement you should sell all your cars...kitchen utensils...basically anything that can cause harm to another person...because if just one person is harmed by some thing you own it's your fault just because you own it and if you hadn't bought it no one would have every been harmed because some manufacturer created that just for you.

No offense Mark but I refuse to give up any of my rights just because some jerkoffs cannot control their behavior and everyone else gets all hysterical. This continual mindset that the getting rid of all guns will stop violence is just plain ridiculous and poorly thought out.

And from here on in all humans will be required to wear handcuffs specially designed to encase both hands every day to protect the ignorant and everyone from themselves.

It's called life!

My personal opinion: Especially for those who thinks it's a "human right" to own guns.

I find it utterly offensive bringing that discussing into this matter.
You try reasoning that "right" to anyone who've had their kid slaughtered by a gunman.
You'd fail instantly.

So, stfu, and keep it out of this matter.

Snowman goes back to watching the news, hopeing he didn't know any of the killed kids or their parents.

I know you weren't expressing a personal view, Greg.

Yes, I've seen and continue to witness the violence created by ideologies of all types taking precedence over humans and humanity.

It has, does and will always sadden me. The means used, words, knives, economics, guns, explosives are all equal in that they aid to perpetrate and perpetuate this violence.

Fundamental to it all is the mistaken thought that "This [whatever] takes precedence over individuals; the end justifies the means." and fundamental to that, hardwired (seemingly) into our brains in the ego related, "I can win." - another tragically mistaken thought.

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I also fully agree with you, Snowy... and I really hope this sorrow doesn't involve you personally. Didn't stop to think of you being personally hit by this, and I regret that oversight.

^ Correct.

I apologise, however much of the despair in the world is caused by political, religious or ethnic differences. to dismiss that reality is well...

Greg, I don't think it's the differences per se which cause the problems.

I believe it's that there are deranged individuals who resort to violence claiming a religious/economic/political/racial/etc., etc., etc. reason or justification.

The common denominator is anger/ego which the deranged person can neither recognize nor control. The person/people perpetrating the violence is deranged.

All the rest (justifications, etc.) are just window dressing.

Until truly effective screening and treatment methods are evolved which can be delivered without stigmatizing the person/people involved and which address the causes (environmental and medical) of the derangement, we're doomed to repeat them.

Seth, you're a physician.  You know, as well as I do, that hyperreligiosity is a sign of mental illness.  It's not THE sign of mental illness, but it is A sign of mental illness, and to disregard it because it falls under the category of "religion" and we wouldn't want to offend the faithful, is to ignore one of the few resources we have to spot the next "deranged madman" whose going to cause the next mass tragedy.

Oh no, we wouldn't want to "appear" to be stereotyping, so lets just keep doing pat downs at the airport on 2-year-old blond children, and selecting little old white ladies from the middle of Nebraska to be the airline passenger in line to do the random full search on, because that's working out so well for us. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/loaded-gun-slips-past-tsa-screeners/story?id=12412458

How many more human lives have to be sacrificed so we can keep our pristine reputations where political correctness is concerned?

If it went by stereotypes, he would have been missed anyway.... The lone gunman is very hard to find. That's why I suggested what I did. I truly believe what I wrote...

Profiling is another form of violence.

You're right....sorry to have contributed to sidetracking the thread from it's original intent.

Jorge ...it's called 'progress'.  Much of the destruction of social values is down to technology.

The pursuit of liberty at everyone else's expense other than your own.