re: #37 jaunte

American culture glorifies gun ownership while legitimizing the idea that guns are a means of conflict resolution.

And there’s the problem right there.

American culture believes that force - or the threat of force - is an acceptable method of settling disputes. It is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture and constantly reinforced in our popular media; from the late 19th Century dime-books about Jesse James or Billy the Kid, down the present day.

Gotta problem?
Kill ‘em.
Problem solved.

And until that thinking changes, there’s going to be more shooting sprees, more violence, more fear, more paranoia.