What makes guns different from other weapons like knives and clubs is that they can kill from a distance. This reduces the risk to the killer, in essence lowering the cost of killing. In this, guns are like bombs and arson: The weapons of cowards.
Part of the creepy "porn" vibe comes from that empowerment of the cowardly. It's like the adolescent fantasy of laser eyes, that kill with a glance, and with impunity. Guns foster a sick narcissism and delusions of grandeur.
I don't think it's an accident that mass murderers and serial killers are, on average, young men. One source cites the median age at around 28, compared to the median of 38 for the population as a whole. That, and the fact that most mass murder is done using guns rather than more impersonal yet more efficient bombs or arson, strongly suggests that guns foster a particular kind of adolescent emotional dysfunction.
In other words, guns do kill, when they attract disturbed young men to wield them.
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- 250 years of school shootings
- People are going to get sick no matter what we do, so why bother building hospitals?
- If you're suggesting there is nothing we can do to stop gun violence, I disagree n/t
- I'm not suggesting any such thing.
- Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t
- I noticed that
- The pornography analogy is apt.
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- "I’m sure you can guess where I think gun violence comes from."
- Please proceed.
- Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t
- Citizens are citizens.
- Gangs of New York
- See? Thread's already dead.
- Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t
- Please proceed.
- Maybe the problem is the underlying premise that something can always be "done."
- Cooler heads.
- The pornography analogy is apt.
- And yet, you did.
- I noticed that
- Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t
- I'm not suggesting any such thing.
- If you're suggesting there is nothing we can do to stop gun violence, I disagree n/t
- People are going to get sick no matter what we do, so why bother building hospitals?