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Why kids seem more prone to this nowadays is beyond me. It cannot be due to access to guns. Guns have been part of American tradition going way, WAY back; and yet you never heard about these things back then. Around the time of Columbine, you got to hear about this more often. Nowadays, it's almost common for kids to bring guns to school. What changed?
I remember when I was an 8 year old, I found my mother's 38 in her sock drawer. I knew what it was and that it was dangerous. I put it back instead of playing with it. But nowadays, it seems that kids don't know any better. What changed?
It could be one or more of the following:
(1) Kids today have a lower average IQ than kids born twenty or so years ago. Our kids are being born stupider, and--statistically--should have an IQ less than their shoe sizes by 2035. I somehow think this one is unlikely.
(2) Gun manufacturers, in collusion with the government and alien abductors from the planet Clarion, have implemented a sinister strategy to incite discord by implementing mind-controlling devices in all guns. The devices beam mind-control rays into young kids, telling them "kill someone... using guns are fun..." As fun a theroy as this may sound, I really think this one is unlikely <X-files theme song>... or is it?</X-files theme song>
(3) Parents are too lazy to take the time to warn their kids about guns, and properly teach them about guns and what they're all about. This seems pretty likely.
(4) Media is making it "cool" to shoot people. Games in the same vein as the GTA series. Rap artists glorifying gang warfare. Etceteras. This also seems quite likely.
Outlawing guns is just a way to excuse parents and the media from being responsible. I don't understand why we cannot instill a sense of self-responsibility in our citizens. If we, as Americans and the human race as a whole, are heading down the highway to hell, it is only because we're steering the bus that way.
Why kids seem more prone to this nowadays is beyond me. It cannot be due to access to guns. Guns have been part of American tradition going way, WAY back; and yet you never heard about these things back then. Around the time of Columbine, you got to hear about this more often. Nowadays, it's almost common for kids to bring guns to school. What changed?
I remember when I was an 8 year old, I found my mother's 38 in her sock drawer. I knew what it was and that it was dangerous. I put it back instead of playing with it. But nowadays, it seems that kids don't know any better. What changed?
It could be one or more of the following:
(1) Kids today have a lower average IQ than kids born twenty or so years ago. Our kids are being born stupider, and--statistically--should have an IQ less than their shoe sizes by 2035. I somehow think this one is unlikely.
(2) Gun manufacturers, in collusion with the government and alien abductors from the planet Clarion, have implemented a sinister strategy to incite discord by implementing mind-controlling devices in all guns. The devices beam mind-control rays into young kids, telling them "kill someone... using guns are fun..." As fun a theroy as this may sound, I really think this one is unlikely <X-files theme song>... or is it?</X-files theme song>
(3) Parents are too lazy to take the time to warn their kids about guns, and properly teach them about guns and what they're all about. This seems pretty likely.
(4) Media is making it "cool" to shoot people. Games in the same vein as the GTA series. Rap artists glorifying gang warfare. Etceteras. This also seems quite likely.
Outlawing guns is just a way to excuse parents and the media from being responsible. I don't understand why we cannot instill a sense of self-responsibility in our citizens. If we, as Americans and the human race as a whole, are heading down the highway to hell, it is only because we're steering the bus that way.
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