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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] People in Jamaica are dying mostly due to gangs and a severe lack of police. Severe lack of decent jobs, crappy schools and overpopulation in key areas and extreme bigotry and violence towards gays are real issues as well. I've heard several horror stories from friends from Jamacia that make me never want to visit. But that's Jamaica. [quote]But what people don't understand is that violent crime is a cultural phenomenon and must be controlled through cultural means. Humans are industrious, and if they have murder in their mind they're going to do it with whatever tools are available.[/i] Agreed, but a huge part of our "culture" is that guns are readily available, easy to use and can be used often [i]without[/i] consequences. Almost all action movies /TV shows portray the use of guns without any real-life consequences- it's subtle, but the mentally ill (like Cho obviously was) wont make the distinction: just check the pictures of him happily posing with his handguns- such a sense of power and elation on his face. Also to Cho himself, that whole "he could've used explosives" still holds no water: explosives are extremely difficult to aquire (100 times tougher than firearms at least) and making your own- even primitave gasoline bombs) is very difficult without killing yourself in the process or having to throw it (molotav cocktail) with yields poor results and usually only makes a fire (which is something that rarely is used as an intentional way of killing someone). Guns have a fear stigma that other weapons lack- no one charges a nut with a gun becaus you can be shot several times before you're in range to hit them with anything- any other type of weapon can be faced with at least [i]some[/i] chance of success. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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