I love how people are mad that you’re right. The only technicality I’d add is that concealed carry is a thing, so you likely walk past people carrying without knowing it, but that’s the whole point of concealed carry in the first place.
Mass shooting events like this are a social problem that ends up being very complex when you start to actually try and figure out why they happen and how to prevent them. There is no short answer, but Angry White Men by Michael Kimmel is a good place to start.
I very much agree that mass shooters fit a very narrow profile, but I guess I was talking more about the society we have that creates this type of person. Everything from our weak social services to our shitty town planning helps contribute to the nasty attitude this kind of person becomes susceptible to. To be sure, the direct rhetoric they follow is also the culprit, but perhaps I’m focused on other things, since no fixing those compounding factors improves everyone’s lives instead of just the potential shooter’s life.
Eh, it’s safer now than it was 30 years ago, your odds of actually running into anyone with a gun are extremely low.
I love how people are mad that you’re right. The only technicality I’d add is that concealed carry is a thing, so you likely walk past people carrying without knowing it, but that’s the whole point of concealed carry in the first place.
Mass shooting events like this are a social problem that ends up being very complex when you start to actually try and figure out why they happen and how to prevent them. There is no short answer, but Angry White Men by Michael Kimmel is a good place to start.
there’s a fairly short answer for most mass shootings but it exists outside the spectrum of partisan wedges so it’s never going to be recognized
I very much agree that mass shooters fit a very narrow profile, but I guess I was talking more about the society we have that creates this type of person. Everything from our weak social services to our shitty town planning helps contribute to the nasty attitude this kind of person becomes susceptible to. To be sure, the direct rhetoric they follow is also the culprit, but perhaps I’m focused on other things, since no fixing those compounding factors improves everyone’s lives instead of just the potential shooter’s life.
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