What about our obsession with violence?

[Vroom_C14]

That's not really hypocracy at all. The activists are all for passing a gun law the day before this or any other event, because they know the issue and have a position. It's the public who isn't paying attention until it leads the headlines. The politicians are the sane people in this senario where the voters are hypocrites and neurotic.

I have a hard time with our politicians taking sides on this when it is a problem EVERYDAY when people are shooting people, not just when it makes headlines. Here is the POTUS proving my point - nary a word of "city" gun violence:

The first is that we have a mass shooting problem. On Thursday, 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer opened fire on a community college campus in Roseburg, Oregon. He killed 9 people and wounded 7 others—allegedly singling out Christian students—before he was killed in a shootout with police.* “Roseburg” joins “Charleston, “Isla Vista,” “Newtown,” “Aurora,” and “Oak Creek” on the long list of small towns and quiet cities marred by horrific gun violence.

It’s one reason President Obama was visibly angry in his brief remarks on the shooting. This, after all, was another address to give to another shattered community with another set of grieving families. “[A]s I said just a few months ago, and I said a few months before that, and I said each time we see one of these mass shootings, our thoughts and prayers are not enough. It’s not enough,” said Obama. “t does nothing to prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in America—next week, or a couple of months from now.” He continued: “This is a political choice that we make to allow this to happen every few months in America. We collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction.”

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[naturalmwa]

I have a hard time with our politicians taking sides on this when it is a problem EVERYDAY when people are shooting people, not just when it makes headlines. Here is the POTUS proving my point - nary a word of "city" gun violence:

The first is that we have a mass shooting problem. On Thursday, 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer opened fire on a community college campus in Roseburg, Oregon. He killed 9 people and wounded 7 others—allegedly singling out Christian students—before he was killed in a shootout with police.* “Roseburg” joins “Charleston, “Isla Vista,” “Newtown,” “Aurora,” and “Oak Creek” on the long list of small towns and quiet cities marred by horrific gun violence.

It’s one reason President Obama was visibly angry in his brief remarks on the shooting. This, after all, was another address to give to another shattered community with another set of grieving families. “[A]s I said just a few months ago, and I said a few months before that, and I said each time we see one of these mass shootings, our thoughts and prayers are not enough. It’s not enough,” said Obama. “t does nothing to prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in America—next week, or a couple of months from now.” He continued: “This is a political choice that we make to allow this to happen every few months in America. We collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction.”

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That's just taking the opportunity to win converts to your position and move the ball down the field. Haden would say Obama was scratching where it itches. That's his job, it's honorable, not hypocritical. Hypocracy is pretending you care very much about those daily deaths in Chicago but not wanting to do anything about the problem. That reads a lot more like Obama's opposition on this issue.

 

[Gimmered]

Ever watch tv or movies? Kids consume massive amounts of violence throughout their formative years. It most certainly has an affect on their attitudes and values.

It would seem it does, but in a positive way. Violence rates have dropped as movies have gotten more graphic.

 

[Hawk in SEC Country]

This is so dumb because it is just making excuses for people who think they are Cowboys and just shoot people and things and think it is ok because other people do it and nothing happens.

And you just doubled down on making a stupid statement.

 

[JRHawk2003]

Nothing is going to solve any of this. Just admit were screwed and take care of your own the best you can