Can we at some point blame ourselves?
I agree we need an assault rifle ban, I think politicians and friends and family (especially of the younger shooters) need to be held to the fire, but at the end of the day guess what feeds this shit? Our desire (mine included) to read all about it, to read the fucking crazy manifestos, the talk about the killer and not the victims. Tarcone brought this up a few weeks ago, maybe even in this thread...
5 people killed in St. Louis apartment; suspect sought | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports
Nobody cared about this on here. It ran on the bottom of CNN for half a day and locally here in St. Louis almost the same coverage. We didn't care 5 people are dead from a "mass shooting".
At Least 3 Killed, Dozens Wounded In Weekend Shootings Across Chicago – CBS Chicago
Syria war: 'World shrugs' as 103 civilians killed in 10 days - BBC News
We don't care about this stuff above, it's not a situation we are going to find ourselves in.
We care about these shootings because those people in El Paso or Dayton at the bar might have been us. We are selfish assholes, we are not concerned about homicides or gun violence (or at least not the kind that killed the people above) but are definitely scared about being killed or our families being killed. Let's at least be honest about this.
[End Broadcast News like rant]
And I am not calling any of you out any more than I am calling myself out. Why have I been on this thread throughout the day? Why do I read the CNN, Daily Beast, etc articles? I don't know the answer but it sure as fuck is the reason some of the people end up doing crazy stuff like this instead of just offing themselves in the woods somewhere. Because I do eat it all up and I can't understand why!