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Gun control.


Obviously this would help immensely, but this wasn't happening in the 90s when kids would bring guns to school for show and tell. Whatever changed, the better solution is to reverse that. What do you think?


How do you reverse the Columbine massacre?


Obviously I'm talking about reversing shootings, that's not possible. I'm talking about the culture that's developed, that has led to more angry kids. Angry enough to shoot their classmates. Wouldn't reversing that culture be the ultimate solution? Banning guns only delays the symptoms of this anger.


I don’t think anyone will argue against doing both. Okay now break the modern American culture. Something something loneliness epidemic.


I must point out that Columbine was in 1999 - almost exactly midway through the 1994 "assault weapons ban".


Every shooting creates more terrified people wanting more security.


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Flat, closed-minded positions like this are why the USA is the only developed country that enjoys the privilege of regularly burying bullet-ridden children.

We can have gun control. We can limit the damage that civilian weapons can do, while also keeping hunting and defense, as many countries do. Anyone who says that guns have any legitimate purpose beyond that (overthrowing governments) is deluding themselves. We reserve plenty of weapons for military use only.


I’m not offering, I’m clarifying the commenters intent.




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