Jim Beaux wrote:Ive been patiently waiting and yet no one has stated the obvious; this slaughter is not about access to guns, it's about the influence of violent video games and movies on easily influenced young kids. Due to the media bombardment, our society has become indifferent to commitment to marriage, illegitimate children, same sex pairings, character, drugs, and work ethics.
Have any of you seen some of the trash being distributed? Life has no sanctity. Ive read that this particular movie involves a lot of extraordinary sadistic and violent acts. I understand this movie has a scene in which a victim has a bomb sewn inside him & I also understand that one of the latest James Bond movies shows the hero stuffing a bomb in the villain's rear end before setting it off.
The gun is only the tool, the "can opener" if you will. The honest questions are, just what motivates this sort of violence and just what reduces the regard for humanity & life?
Mass murders and craziness goes back before the 1800's. It's not about video games or media. It's about the fact that some people are not only crazy, but flat out EVIL. When you blame media or video games, you play into the same hands that anti-gun idiots play.
Evil is evil. You can't legislate it away... you can't change society to get rid of it... you can only allow individuals to protect themselves from it to the best of their ability.