Stephanie
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"Have the Americans accepted that gun crime is a price worth paying to be able to hold arms?"
Loaded question fallacy.
This is a mental health issue, not a 'gun' issue, having nothing to do with gun control, gun laws, or the Second Amendment.
There are two fundamental elements in play with this and other like incidents: the unwillingness or inability of Americans to implement comprehensive mental health programs and policies, and the inherently violent nature of American society, where violence is perceived as a legitimate means of conflict resolution.
Second Amendment jurisprudence in no way 'facilitates' gun violence, it concerns solely safeguarding the right to possess a firearm pursuant to the right of self-defense from unwarranted government regulation and interference – and rightfully so given the wrongheaded notion that crimes such as that which occurred in Oregon are the result of 'too many guns' that are 'too easily' acquired.
The resolution to this problem will be realized through the political – not legal – process, where the American people must insist in the funding and implementation of comprehensive mental health programs and policies and address the violent nature of American society.
I agree. This is an issue mainly about the nature of US society.
The problem is we know that the politicians won't do anything useful about this.
We know most people on this forum won't demand something useful be done.
The left will scream only about guns and demand this and that, generally that guns are banned, and the right will scream at the left and insult them and ignore everything else.
Downhill goes the USA.
yeah, what do you expect them to do? They aren't OUR DICTATORS. and you don't like our rights maybe you should move. how about we demand abortions be banned? you'll go for that right?
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