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Of course now they're trying to angle for PTSD since shooter was allegedly in the Marines before, since all veterans are damaged and ticking time bombs.
The action this person took (you know, that shooting thing) probably plays a part in speculation about PTSD.
Sounds like post-Vietnam. I think my own family was expecting me to go crazy on them when I got back.
It is said that the 1950's Dragnet era was the most dangerous in LA history, surpassing the 80's and 90's drug gang wars. Many point to the large mass returning WWII and Korean War veterans, compared to relatively fewer Vietnam veterans and their PTSD
I'm not sure why guns became a thing. There were always hobbyists but mostly guns were for getting food in rural areas. Now people seem obsessed with firepower just for fun or to feed unhealthy obsessions.
This is the obvious reasoning.
They became "a thing" due to the NRA and the buying of Politicians.
I went to military school, shot rifles at camp and even did some skeet shooting. But I grew out of it and pursued hobbies that didn't involve more and more killing power. Now I'm taking Archery lessons.
It is said that the 1950's Dragnet era was the most dangerous in LA history, surpassing the 80's and 90's drug gang wars. Many point to the large mass returning WWII and Korean War veterans, compared to relatively fewer Vietnam veterans and their PTSD
Probably a distraction in some sense. It is very true that massive amounts of PTSD were brought home after both conflicts, but most of it was suppressed. It's wasn't "manly" to complain.
There is a lot of proof that violence is passed on and on - it changes forms from wife and child beating to self-harm and self-hated to "hatred of the other" and so forth, but I think it has been proven without a doubt that dysfunction is a disease which spreads.
Our culture tends to glorify the exceptions who survive and prosper despite it, while not addressing the larger millions who don't.
Yes, news conference on now.
Former Marine with a history of contact with the police.
Involved in a collision and some sort of altercation in a bar in 2015.
There was some sort of disturbance at his home in April. Reportedly, he was evaluated and it was determined he was not a danger to himself or others, at that time. Mental health professionals do not have crystal balls.
They became "a thing" due to the NRA and the buying of Politicians.
I went to military school, shot rifles at camp and even did some skeet shooting. But I grew out of it and pursued hobbies that didn't involve more and more killing power. Now I'm taking Archery lessons.
Sometimes winning is losing. The gun nuts won.
As I posted just a page before, the NRA spends very little comparatively on lobbying. It's not the NRA influencing politicians and votes, it's the threat of restricting rights that changes the votes (and hence the politicians' continued employment security.) After the Brady Bill, politicians learned that voting for Gun Control results in loss of voter support.
Your archery is just as lethal as a hand gun. As an experienced archer, I can tell you that. And yes, there has been a bow used in a school shooting.
Can we now call you a bow nut because you use a bow for sport?
They became "a thing" due to the NRA and the buying of Politicians.
I went to military school, shot rifles at camp and even did some skeet shooting. But I grew out of it and pursued hobbies that didn't involve more and more killing power. Now I'm taking Archery lessons.
Sometimes winning is losing. The gun nuts won.
Other than blaming the NRA and "gun nuts" , you've haven't proved why this is now a "thing"
Firearms have been a part of this country longer than you and I have been born. A mere 45-50 years ago one could have a rifle delivered to their house out of the Sears catalog. The even black AR has been available to the public since the late 60's. 30 years ago I remember seeing shotguns in racks in the back of pickups in high school parking lots , granted in rural areas. And overall, violence in our society has been on a down hill trend. Other than two segments. The mass shooter, and inner cities. The rest of the country and it's millions of firearms go about their daily activities with zero fatalities.
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