Kasz216 said:
Ssenkahdavic said:
HappySqurriel said:
Ssenkahdavic said:
It is 100% the blame game here. Just like everything else in America today.
As a country can we NOT FUCKING TAKE responsibility for anything anymore?
Lets blame the guns for the school deaths, Lets blame Violent Video Games/Movies/TV Shows. Not the parent who didnt lock up the damn guns when she "probably" knew her kid was violent? Let us not blame the system for not allowing her easier access to help for her son? LET US NOT BLAME THE KID WHO DID IT?
Its the same with Obesity here (only reason I bring it up is it was stated earlier). Lets blame the food, lets call it a "disease". Lets not take any personal responsibility for eating to much, being lazy and refusing to "fix ourselves".
This is not a Republican/Libertarian thing, as there are plenty of Democrats who agree who are against Gun Control.
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When you look at how gun violence is broken down by race it becomes clear that the problem is very specific to black and hispanic people in the United States, and I think I can demonstrate what it is:
63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census)
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes
85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes (Source: Center for Disease Control)
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes (Source: Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26, 1978.)
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes (Source: National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools.)
75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes (Source: Rainbows for all God`s Children.)
70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept 1988)
85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home (Source: Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections 1992)
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I do not think it is a Racial Problem (and Im not saying you do either). But look at all those statistics
Its just easier to Regulate Something (Guns, Violent Video Games/Entertrainment) than to change Society.
And as a Man, I have to say those Fatherless Statistcs are extremely depressing. I hope to hell if I ever become a parent, I stay a parent.
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He's not saying it's a racial problem so much as... it's largely a problem that mainly effects minorties... and he's mostly right.
Not mass shootings though. Mass shootings are usually middle class people from good homes that make good money.
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Yep. The issue here is many more people die from smaller scaled shootings than Mass Shootings, but Mass Shootings get the "Glory" treatment by the media.
And ya, I agree with the bolded. Just felt the need to point that out. It goes back to the new American Pasttime, deflecting the blame. At first glance a good bit of people would "Blame Race" from the graphs. Others would blame guns. Then comes the actual % stats and its incredible....
All goes back to its easier to Regulate Rules on Items than to Fix Social Issues. We have seen what happens when governments try to Force Morality (or their form of morality) on the population.
