gun control:i dont understand...

blondieblue227

I just would like to say this…..

1. these ‘random’ shootings aren’t random anymore which means the system needs to be changed.

2. This isn’t a wild, brand new country anymore. We aren’t living in the wild wild west now. Americans confuse ‘the right to bare arms’ with ‘the right to protect oneself’

3. The mental healthcare system is broken. These people who are right on the edge of exploding can’t get the help they need due to redtape BS. Often it’s because of bad insurance companies. Also if a family member or somebody close to the person on edge tries to get that person help they hit a wall. Imagine watching somebody you love have a melt down and there’s nothing you can do about it.

4. (this one is a stretch) There’s no parents at home nowadays to raise their kids. They’re out trying to make enough money to afford things they can’t pay for in the first place. Ex. SUV’s, credit cards bills – which people use to buy things that are beyond their means, but they think they’re entitled to. Meanwhile who suffers? The kids.

onelongsong

blondieblue227 wrote:

I just would like to say this…..

1. these ‘random’ shootings aren’t random anymore which means the system needs to be changed.

2. This isn’t a wild, brand new country anymore. We aren’t living in the wild wild west now. Americans confuse ‘the right to bare arms’ with ‘the right to protect oneself’

3. The mental healthcare system is broken. These people who are right on the edge of exploding can’t get the help they need due to redtape BS. Often it’s because of bad insurance companies. Also if a family member or somebody close to the person on edge tries to get that person help they hit a wall. Imagine watching somebody you love have a melt down and there’s nothing you can do about it.

4. (this one is a stretch) There’s no parents at home nowadays to raise their kids. They’re out trying to make enough money to afford things they can’t pay for in the first place. Ex. SUV’s, credit cards bills – which people use to buy things that are beyond their means, but they think they’re entitled to. Meanwhile who suffers? The kids.

i agree with the mental healthcare system; but many places are the wild west. we have places in this country man has never seen. we have thousands of ranchers raising your food on the open range.
as far as the second amendment; it's purpose is to protect us from the government; and for the people to be prepared to protect the country in the event of invasion.
http://www.trollcave.com/2nd_Amendment.html

steve_inhiding

do you think that america's incessant(sp?) focus on idividualism has any blame? I personally see this as the major reason that seperates the haves and have nots, in every spectrum(financial and mental especially) possible.

ps, most western countries follow a similar pattern, the us just seems to be on the crest of the wave

catefrances

where you see a right, i see a privilege.


and with every shooting i weep for your country. but i feel you got to do whatever needs to be done yourselves.

Hinny

If enough of Americans see this as a problem, they will get together and figure out some way to solve it. Thing is, with how regular these things are, it seems like it's become such a routine item on the news that when it does happen, people just think, "oh ok, here's that same news item again", without thinking of it as an actual problem.

I remember when I used to get pissed off at the lack of response to these shootings. I don't anymore. At the end of the day, it's not my problem as a foreigner who won't live in the US any time soon. As long as this idea that random shootings comes along with 'the sanctity of individual liberty' isn't exported to other places, I just don't care anymore.