Criminals who use guns, use guns because guns give them a power that should only be long to God. That’s the power over life and death. It makes them feel invinsible and godlike. They get their jollies off killing people. When the Hunter is no longer getting a thrill killing deer, they start going after “big game” like lions and tigers and bears. Oh my! Well, what happens when that thrill is gone? People are next up on the list! We make movies about it all the time. There is no Mystique about men and their guns and their targets. Maybe this is all too convoluted. In this country they just skip to the chase. Most criminals start out making their bones at an early age. The thrill of it all! To be jaded by 12 years old! And of course we have entertainment that is so bloody that there is no shock value in the worst most horrendous scenes depicted on the big screen. We have a society that drenches our youngsters in violence. And then we are surprised when young or old white or black men take out their semi-automatics and go on a killing spree! Because in our society violence solves all of their problems!
How many of the mass murderers were criminals before their shooting spree? This doesn’t seem particularly relevant to this week’s events. In case you missed it, a 5 year killed himself in a Florida parking lot with a relative’s gun that he found in the car Monday or Tuesday.
War has become commonplace, and life has been so cheapened by the daily dose of deadly violence, not only in movies and games, but in reality – that even the terrible novelty of murder has been surpassed by MASS murder – and now the death toll has to rise above the previous body count to get noticed. Despite the lip service of “thoughts and prayers”, this has become a modern ghoulish “entertainment”. Remember the serial killer trading cards???
Tim, take a look at how many deaths there are by guns with suicides and accidents. Many of the guns used by criminals started out legally and straw buyers purchase for criminals all the time. The NRA has done everything they can to tie the hands of law enforcement by blocking the CDC from being able to get detailed specifics about gun deaths (had Congress cutoff funding) and limiting gun shop inspections.
Everything he owned, the +40 guns, the ammo, the High Capacity Magazines, the Bump Stock that allows a semi-auto to fire at full auto speeds was all LEGAL!
In his car in the parking lot, he had “Ammonium nitrate (which) is harmless on its own, and stable to store. But when combined with other chemicals, in recipes easily accessible on the internet, it can be made into a highly effective bomb. The attackers in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings that killed almost 200 people used an ammonium-nitrate-powered bomb.”
What’s the point in having any laws at all, then? And if people with guns feel free to break the law, as you suggest, wouldn’t it be wise to keep guns out of their hands in the first place?
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
Good thing we have ultra liberal gun laws so that criminals will never run out of guns.
Sadandconfused9 over 6 years ago
Criminals who use guns, use guns because guns give them a power that should only be long to God. That’s the power over life and death. It makes them feel invinsible and godlike. They get their jollies off killing people. When the Hunter is no longer getting a thrill killing deer, they start going after “big game” like lions and tigers and bears. Oh my! Well, what happens when that thrill is gone? People are next up on the list! We make movies about it all the time. There is no Mystique about men and their guns and their targets. Maybe this is all too convoluted. In this country they just skip to the chase. Most criminals start out making their bones at an early age. The thrill of it all! To be jaded by 12 years old! And of course we have entertainment that is so bloody that there is no shock value in the worst most horrendous scenes depicted on the big screen. We have a society that drenches our youngsters in violence. And then we are surprised when young or old white or black men take out their semi-automatics and go on a killing spree! Because in our society violence solves all of their problems!
CatStaff Premium Member over 6 years ago
How many of the mass murderers were criminals before their shooting spree? This doesn’t seem particularly relevant to this week’s events. In case you missed it, a 5 year killed himself in a Florida parking lot with a relative’s gun that he found in the car Monday or Tuesday.
Strawberry Hellcat: Gair I gall, ffon I’r anghall over 6 years ago
War has become commonplace, and life has been so cheapened by the daily dose of deadly violence, not only in movies and games, but in reality – that even the terrible novelty of murder has been surpassed by MASS murder – and now the death toll has to rise above the previous body count to get noticed. Despite the lip service of “thoughts and prayers”, this has become a modern ghoulish “entertainment”. Remember the serial killer trading cards???
Nantucket Premium Member over 6 years ago
Tim, take a look at how many deaths there are by guns with suicides and accidents. Many of the guns used by criminals started out legally and straw buyers purchase for criminals all the time. The NRA has done everything they can to tie the hands of law enforcement by blocking the CDC from being able to get detailed specifics about gun deaths (had Congress cutoff funding) and limiting gun shop inspections.
Silly Season over 6 years ago
False Equivalence Cartoon…
Everything he owned, the +40 guns, the ammo, the High Capacity Magazines, the Bump Stock that allows a semi-auto to fire at full auto speeds was all LEGAL!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/las-vegas-shooting-bomb-stephen-paddock-car-ammonium-nitrate-ingredient-latest-a7979796.html
In his car in the parking lot, he had “Ammonium nitrate (which) is harmless on its own, and stable to store. But when combined with other chemicals, in recipes easily accessible on the internet, it can be made into a highly effective bomb. The attackers in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings that killed almost 200 people used an ammonium-nitrate-powered bomb.”
Zepp Jamieson Premium Member over 6 years ago
What’s the point in having any laws at all, then? And if people with guns feel free to break the law, as you suggest, wouldn’t it be wise to keep guns out of their hands in the first place?
DrDon1 over 6 years ago
Just what is Campbell’s point here?
fusilier over 6 years ago
The blurb is right. Mr. Campbell shows Hoosier Values: an obtuse refusal to learn.
fusilier, in Indianapolis
James 2:24
Nantucket Premium Member over 6 years ago
Tim, do you own a gun store in Indiana? That is where most of the guns that end up in Chicago come from.