Never said anything about 100% safe. But, there's a wide spectrum, and we're trending the wrong way right now.UpstateSCHokie wrote:HokieFanDC wrote:I don't think it's an irrational reaction. When you can't go to a holiday party without feeling 100% sure some maniac isn't going to kill half the people there, it's not irrational to have a strong reaction to it.USN_Hokie wrote:To make another budget analogy, this is like arguing over pork barrel spending. In the end of the day, "Mass shootings" (like pork barrel spending) are statistically irrelevant. This need to find a "solution" is an irrational reaction to saturation by the media. So, I would reject the premise of your question (of course there's a solution: confiscate all weapons and anything pointy from every person, move every person in US to internment camps where they're guarded by armed guards to prevent any violence. How many "mass shootings" have occurred in prison?)HokieFanDC wrote: No, what I said is that there are probably people who have solutions in mind, that are not getting any airtime, because they don't fit the simpleton left/right agendas that do get airtime.
Here are 2 simple questions for you.
1) Do you think there is a solution to the mass shootings that we are having?
2) If you're answer to #1 is yes, what do you think that solution is?
It's not like Chicago, where criminals are killing other criminals all the time. The solution for most people, is to avoid areas where criminals are.
When people are getting killed at schools, and office places, in large numbers, then something is very wrong.
When you live in a free society, you are never 100% safe. That is part of the price of living in a free society. Sort of like USN said, I bet they don't have many mass shootings in North Korea. Would you trade our lifestyle for theirs?
Heck, the answer could be that the world has changed, and there are a lot more crazy nuts out there, so the world is a more dangerous place, and we need to learn to deal with it. Maybe the population needs to learn to be more aware.
There are probably lots of little things that need to be done, but I don't buy that what happened yesterday has to be the price of living in a free society.