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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1111497" data-attributes="member: 14668">Todays America is indeed a far more violent place, but the supposed &quot;easy availability&quot; of guns has nothing to do with it.There were far fewer restrictions and gun laws in place in the 1950&#039;s than there are today. It was far easier to obtain guns in the 1950&#039;s than it is today...yet school shootings were unheard of.I dont claim to know what the answers are. In this particular case, the child who committed these murders is a mentally ill animal. His parents are mentally ill animals who apparently tought him nothing about respect for human life. It is illogical and naive to think that his parents would have even bothered to obey a law requiring them to lock up their guns, or that he wouldnt have been able to procure another one even if they had. Guns, like drugs or alcohol, will always be available to those who illegally seek them regardless of any laws to the contrary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1111497, member: 14668"] Todays America is [I]indeed[/I] a far more violent place, but the supposed "easy availability" of guns has nothing to do with it. There were far [I]fewer[/I] restrictions and gun laws in place in the 1950's than there are today. It was far [I]easier[/I] to obtain guns in the 1950's than it is today...yet school shootings were [I]unheard of[/I]. I dont claim to know what the answers are. In this particular case, the child who committed these murders is a mentally ill animal. His parents are mentally ill animals who apparently tought him nothing about respect for human life. It is illogical and naive to think that his parents would have even bothered to obey a law requiring them to lock up their guns, or that he wouldnt have been able to procure another one even if they had. [I][B]Guns, like drugs or alcohol, will always be available to those who illegally seek them regardless of any laws to the contrary[/B]. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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