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» pink101 - Roots

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This is another of those issues where the roots need to be examined.
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America is seen as one of the most violent societies in the world. ?? I doubt that it is very much.
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Yet, we ARE a violent bunch when taken on an historical basis. The problems our society faced coming out of the ninteenth century and into the twentieth were laced with violence on major scales. Worker strikes and general strikes were rampant and the way they were broken revealed our government's capacity for taking violent action against the people. I picked up a DVD at the movie rental place last night, Scarface. Violence portrayed in all its humanity.
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Maybe we will never know what activates a person like the Korean born tragically insane young man at Virginia Tech; but, we can see that he came out of a violent environment. I know he was too young to have ever experienced the violence that tool place on his native soil in the 1950s; but, it was horrible. Some of the things I heard about the violence there against individuals would make any one's skin crawl. We must be allowed to view the results of violence. We must look at the face of death and massacre. Turning our backs on it as though we cannot look at the horror is like sweeping dirt under the rug until the most obvious thing in the living room is the dirt mountain growing under the rug in the center of the room.
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Disassociation does not work.
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Certainly the gunman broke the law by bringing concealed guns on campus. But, that pales in respect to the greater laws he broke. He WAS able to get the guns legally even if he lied to do so. Brian has shown us that there is an attitude in Virginia that the people have regarding guns. I heard an interview on television with a man who claimed there is a gun culture in Virginia. The history of Virginia is such that all of us should understand. When I was in the Marine Corps, I learned that my rifle and my gun were for killing people. Maybe we need a rifle and a gun in our home and or business for denfense purposes; but, a Glock 9MM for sporting purposes? Give me a break!
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What are the conditions under which a person would want to carry a concealed weapon?
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How many guns have been sold to would be criminals in Virgina. The talk is that Virginia is the place to go to get a good gun if you want to rob a bank in the Carolinas or any other place along the east coast and a lot of criminals do. That's the talk--is it true?
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-- posted by pink101