Thanks for sharing this, Malo. I think it dovetails smoothly with other comments on this thread highlighting the myriad threads interwoven into this disastrous system.
Apparently there are 10+ million AR-15 owners in the US and almost 40% of people in the US have a gun at home. Ownership is high, compared to a lot of other countries but most firearms owners (clearly) don't shoot people. I think Beach Hippie's comments are valid and would add that society is violent at its core, not just competitive.
I'm from New Zealand, our Prime Minister (Jacinda Ardern) has just returned from the US, where she got a lot of airtime talking about Gun Control. Her Government banned semi-automatic firearms here in 2019 following a lone gunman attack on two mosques (I'm sure you've heard about it). The inquiry into the attack (which came after the law change) found the Police "at fault", they issued the gunman a firearms licence but did not vet him properly. The inquiry didn't hold anyone to account and most of the content was sealed for 30 years.
Prior to 2019 the last mass shooting was nearly 30 years ago. Logic and reason were not present in New Zealand's response to the attack and we shouldn't be held up as a model to follow on gun control.
Thanks for your comment, Allyn. I absolutely concur with you and Beach Hippie that this is a multi-layered topic that requires a nuanced vision. That's why my two recent posts about it were designed to offer some of the missing context.
I don't have any solutions, so to speak, to offer. So, I do my best to research angles that are sorely missing in the public forums.
Thanks for sharing this, Malo. I think it dovetails smoothly with other comments on this thread highlighting the myriad threads interwoven into this disastrous system.
Thanks for your comment. I concur with your general point. That's why I ended my previous gun article with the section called "A Culture in Crisis."
Apparently there are 10+ million AR-15 owners in the US and almost 40% of people in the US have a gun at home. Ownership is high, compared to a lot of other countries but most firearms owners (clearly) don't shoot people. I think Beach Hippie's comments are valid and would add that society is violent at its core, not just competitive.
I'm from New Zealand, our Prime Minister (Jacinda Ardern) has just returned from the US, where she got a lot of airtime talking about Gun Control. Her Government banned semi-automatic firearms here in 2019 following a lone gunman attack on two mosques (I'm sure you've heard about it). The inquiry into the attack (which came after the law change) found the Police "at fault", they issued the gunman a firearms licence but did not vet him properly. The inquiry didn't hold anyone to account and most of the content was sealed for 30 years.
Prior to 2019 the last mass shooting was nearly 30 years ago. Logic and reason were not present in New Zealand's response to the attack and we shouldn't be held up as a model to follow on gun control.
Thanks for your comment, Allyn. I absolutely concur with you and Beach Hippie that this is a multi-layered topic that requires a nuanced vision. That's why my two recent posts about it were designed to offer some of the missing context.
I don't have any solutions, so to speak, to offer. So, I do my best to research angles that are sorely missing in the public forums.
Thanks again, my friend!