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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 3191378" data-attributes="member: 14668">First off, I have no problem with mandatory background checks. And I am willing to have discussions about other regulations as well.But the bigger issue I see is toxic masculinity, and angry right wing disaffected men who no longer have the healthy relationships or peer groups that were formerly afforded by work and other social outlets.More and more men are sitting at home, on the Internet, in right-wing echo chambers of their own creation that destroy empathy and discourage critical thinking or healthy, face to face interactions with different people. Many are stuck in low wage jobs with no prospect for advancement and have been rejected by women. So they seek scapegoats, and find them in women and minorities.For the first time ever we have an entire generation of men who have grown up in a war culture, watching violent movies, violent TV shows and playing graphically violent, dehumanizing video games whose only purpose is to rack up an ever larger body count.It is also human nature to desire and seek that which we fear will soon become unobtainable, either thru scarcity or government prohibition. This phenomenon holds true whether the item in question is a Beanie Baby or an AR-15. There is a reason that gun sales and gun manufacturer stocks took a nosedive the day Trump got elected. Hysterical and nonsensical calls for gun bans by the left do nothing but create a self-fullfilling prophecy of anti-government paranoia and demand for even more guns by the right.So its not the guns, its our society that has spawned a generation of these sick, angry people who feel like their only opportunity to make a difference in life is to kill people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 3191378, member: 14668"] First off, I have no problem with mandatory background checks. And I am willing to have discussions about other regulations as well. But the bigger issue I see is toxic masculinity, and angry right wing disaffected men who no longer have the healthy relationships or peer groups that were formerly afforded by work and other social outlets. More and more men are sitting at home, on the Internet, in right-wing echo chambers of their own creation that destroy empathy and discourage critical thinking or healthy, face to face interactions with different people. Many are stuck in low wage jobs with no prospect for advancement and have been rejected by women. So they seek scapegoats, and find them in women and minorities. For the first time ever we have an entire generation of men who have grown up in a war culture, watching violent movies, violent TV shows and playing graphically violent, dehumanizing video games whose only purpose is to rack up an ever larger body count. It is also human nature to desire and seek that which we fear will soon become unobtainable, either thru scarcity or government prohibition. This phenomenon holds true whether the item in question is a Beanie Baby or an AR-15. There is a reason that gun sales and gun manufacturer stocks took a nosedive the day Trump got elected. Hysterical and nonsensical calls for gun bans by the left do nothing but create a self-fullfilling prophecy of anti-government paranoia and demand for even more guns by the right. So its not the guns, its our society that has spawned a generation of these sick, angry people who feel like their only opportunity to make a difference in life is to kill people. [/QUOTE]

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