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In the discussion thread: Besides easy access to guns, what other factors do these mass murders have in common? [View all]

Response to dmallind (Reply #46)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 06:35 PM

bvar22 (29,515 posts)

48. I'm not sure addressing this on an "individual" basis would yield results.

I believe that we have more of a "Community" problem.

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56 replies	Author	Time	Post
Besides easy access to guns, what other factors do these mass murders have in common? [View all]	bvar22	Dec 2012	OP
Mental illness.	backscatter712	Dec 2012	#1
killings are not new. just media saturation and availability is new. nt	msongs	Dec 2012	#2
Yep, it's a "fame" thing.	TPaine7	Dec 2012	#5
You don't get much fame for offing yourself, though.	randome	Dec 2012	#8
Can we get some REAL data on this?	bvar22	Dec 2012	#13
Stan Williamson sprung to mind.	Robb	Dec 2012	#44
You nailed one big factor in my opinion: attention whoredom, fame seeking, anything for notoriety.	TPaine7	Dec 2012	#3
Add gender to the list. n/t	Whisp	Dec 2012	#4
I say population density has much to do with it.	randome	Dec 2012	#6
Bullying, psychotropic drugs, distant parents...	ananda	Dec 2012	#7
Pretty much all of the above.	ohheckyeah	Dec 2012	#9
I blame closing all the mental hospitals	marlakay	Dec 2012	#10
Anomie	rrneck	Dec 2012	#11
Thanks.	bvar22	Dec 2012	#28
It seems to me that it's too easy	rrneck	Dec 2012	#31
^^^ this ^^^ nt	bunnies	Dec 2012	#41
Anomic Behavior and Collective Behavior	ThoughtCriminal	Dec 2012	#51
i'm glad you brought this up. untreated (serious) mental illness.	dionysus	Dec 2012	#12
"amok" has a long history, and goes across cultures	mainer	Dec 2012	#14
Population size?	Spider Jerusalem	Dec 2012	#15
I think yours is the start of a very reasonable discussion	joe_sixpack	Dec 2012	#16
The cult of ruthless individualism associated with the modern Right...	YoungDemCA	Dec 2012	#17
white suburban males	riverwalker	Dec 2012	#18
It has nothing to do with population size, TV, or our culture	mainer	Dec 2012	#19
It occurs around the world, but the per capita incidence of gun violence is particularly high in the	kestrel91316	Dec 2012	#25
Guns just make SMASI deadlier	mainer	Dec 2012	#30
With the regularity and frequency that it does in the present-day USA?	Spider Jerusalem	Dec 2012	#26
per capita, I'm guessing it's the same	mainer	Dec 2012	#45
an elephant in the room	DonCoquixote	Dec 2012	#20
A sense of something being "taken" from them...	YoungDemCA	Dec 2012	#21
Yup	DonCoquixote	Dec 2012	#39
am I saying all shooters are white, no?	DonCoquixote	Dec 2012	#24
You're right - it's not just about easy ACCESS to guns. It is about our nation's	kestrel91316	Dec 2012	#22
Video games	DonCoquixote	Dec 2012	#29
A culture of violence. The way to solve all of our problems is with violence.	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#23
Well said.	YoungDemCA	Dec 2012	#27
Saw this after posting the lazy/shitty version - Another great post Sabrina. n/t	whatchamacallit	Dec 2012	#33
THank You, sabrina 1	bvar22	Dec 2012	#34
I just didn't have it left to say what you did. Murder of innocents is always murder.	libdem4life	Dec 2012	#35
God that was so spot on.	Glassunion	Dec 2012	#37
Best post I have seen all day..	SomethingFishy	Dec 2012	#40
Thank you for your compassion for all children. If everyone had that kind of empathy	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#53
Huge factor, very well done.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#42
Nailed it. n/t	X_Digger	Dec 2012	#47
beautiful post Sabrina 1	Locrian	Dec 2012	#49
Ours is not a culture of love	whatchamacallit	Dec 2012	#32
Why excuse "easy access to guns"?...nt	SidDithers	Dec 2012	#36
As bvar22 clearly points out in the OP, access has not changed. Neither does he excuse it.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#43
The fact that it is ever more difficult just to get by as inequality grows and is flaunted,	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#38
An interesting question, but how useful are even real answers?	dmallind	Dec 2012	#46
I'm not sure addressing this on an "individual" basis would yield results.	bvar22	Dec 2012	#48
Oh, let's just ignore the guns? No fucking WAY. Nt	DevonRex	Dec 2012	#50
I see you didn't bother to READ the OP.	bvar22	Dec 2012	#54
Your post was right on. Guns will always exist. No way to stop a lone nut.	Logical	Dec 2012	#55
LOL. Bvar: List everything wrong with society	DevonRex	Dec 2012	#56
Add antidepressant use to your list.	Silver Gaia	Dec 2012	#52

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