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Originally Posted by iruinedyourday
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I blame gun culture and all the look how awesome guns are! Ninjas of the future shoot machineguns at shit woo fuck yea guns!
Guns should be something we respect not fucking treat like a jet ski.
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I don't think most mass murderers are gun enthusiasts, though. Some of them are. The Columbine kids were. But I think that was only incidental.
I just can't see how the will to commit a mass murder is in any way tied to gun machismo. I think if you believe gun culture is conducive to mass murder, you'd have to also believe playing violent first person shooters is conducive to mass murder. I've loved Grand Theft Auto my entire life, and I think it's awesome to yank someone out of their car, bust their head open with a machete, and then murder a couple cops and pedestrians in cold blood. Does that mean I have any less respect for cops, pedestrians, and machetes in real life? No. I wouldn't like it if somebody tried to ban my Grand Theft Auto in some rash and ill-advised crusade to stop gun violence, and I think we owe responsible gun enthusiasts the same courtesy.
That's not to say I wouldn't be in favor of requiring a robust licensing process and registration associated with firearm ownership, especially when it's something outrageous like a .50 cal sniper rifle or heavy machine gun. Of course, that's not gonna stop me from making fun of some rednecks, because being a gun nut often goes hand in hand with some other idiosyncracies, like hating the federal government, survivalist fantasies, and libertarianism. I mean, look how quickly a little provocation in this thread was able to summon someone like Nocsucow to brag about how he can't wait to shoot his neighbors. I'm pretty sure Noc would still be a sociopath whether he had a gun or not. Why America seems to produce so many people like him, I'll never know.