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These are all very interesting opinions. I personally think it may have something to do with how easily one can access a gun.

These are all very interesting opinions. I personally think it may have something to do with how easily one can access a gun.

Perhaps another contributing factor is the way in which America has, at points, glorified weaponry?

becuase isnt america like one of the biggest drug places inthe world and alll that gang crap people are loops..

I don't know if America ranks top in school shootings, but school/public shootings have been occuring more frequently in the past decade than I've heard of anywhere else. I would like to place the blame on the raising of the parents and the media. But I definitely wouldn't place the blame on "guns R evrywhere we need to stop dem!" Because if someone has a strong though in killing someone, they will do it if they willingly strong enough. Restrict the guns all you want, they'll find a way to get one or kill someone to get the job done.

About the parent's raising; it all starts when you are young. They key years of learning is when you are ages 3-5. A child will be influenced on how the parents treat them or discipline them. If they are abusive, the kids will turn up bad. If they are never present in their child's life, the kid may turn up in a negative way.

The media. Oh gosh the United States Media. They attack the gun shootings like its a 64yd touchdown catch for the Super Bowl. They practically make it popular which could possibly influence the young minds of teenagers.

That's just some of my oppinions on the matter.

Having more guns is not the problem. The problem is the people. You can kill with anything. Bare hands, a pen, a car, even a chair for crying out loud!
They are never allowed around guns as a young child, but yet when they get older and play video games, BOOM! Guns are the coolest thing ever where can i get one? Turns out your dad has one and you never knew it. Add in tension from school and home and next thing you know someone starts shooting. If kids are taught to respect guns and how to handle them from a young age the awe of the unknown goes away and is replaced by the respect that a gun is a weapon. It was designed to kill. If you pull a gun you should be willing to kill something with it. That's how i was taught and i now have a respect for what guns are used for, killing. Period. Whether its self defense, murder or hunting it still does the same thing.
Kids are out of touch with weapons and their purpose these days. They become a thing of wonder and mystery rather than an element of life.
The main problem is problem solving skills, not guns. Parents are part of problem as well. They have not taught these things to their kids and these are the results.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Exactly. America is losing its focus and Americans are always so quick to place blame on something or find a scapegoat instead of finding and curing the problem from it's source. I was raised properly, thank God I was blessed with a great set of parents, and I know how to handle many situations and can control guns. Heck, my father has random guns all around the house, some of them loaded, but I would never use them in a harmful manner unless provoked in defense of my family or myself. Side note: I also enjoy target shooting with my brothers or hunting so I am not some hillbilly with guns in my house.

Here's a radical idea that could help to reduce the scope of the problem... forcefully take every gun from every citizen (reimburse them for the cost of the firearm and any ammunition) and stockpile them for governmental/army use only.

Of course, I'm not really in favour of that, I'm just playing Devil's Advocate to keep the conversation interesting. I do, however, feel like the right to bear arms shouldn't be part of any constitution.

Here's a radical idea that could help to reduce the scope of the problem... forcefully take every gun from every citizen (reimburse them for the cost of the firearm and any ammunition) and stockpile them for governmental/army use only.

@HahiHa
Other way around. Repurposing all currently public weapons for military use only. No guns at home at all. Fully restricted from general public.

Two things. First most private weapons (mine included) are not build for military use. I mean come on the military doesn't use lever actions anymore.
Second, have you heard the statement "you can have me gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers?" Or how 'bout "if guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns?"
Better yet the second amendment
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Or as Benjamin Franklin said: "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
Or as Thomas Jefferson said
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."

Keep in mind these people made out country what it is! When the constistion was written their was no army! We the people were the army!

Not that i'm trying to turn this into a gun arguement. It just needs to be stated before someone blames gun solely.

Not that i'm trying to turn this into a gun arguement. It just needs to be stated before someone blames gun solely.

Other way around. Repurposing all currently public weapons for military use only. No guns at home at all. Fully restricted from general public.