5 People Shot Within 24 Hours In Allegheny County (Braddock: young, parent)

[Tony_Soprano]

Originally Posted by Reggiezz

Guns don't cause crime. The Hutus in Rwanda managed to kill over 1M Tutsi in 90 days in the 1990s, primarily with machetes. Killers are the problem, not objects. The troll you all respond to could just as easily be a mass murderer tomorrow.

People are the problem, not guns. One of the issues is the decay of society, largely attributed to Marxists, who started attacking the nuclear family back in the '60s.There's no such thing as moral relativism, either. Familial structure is critical to a functional society.



The other issue is one of mental health, which gets glossed over with all mass killings. When I've looked deeper into the mass murderers, they usually have a history of mental health issues along with taking SSRIs, which are linked to violent thoughts/behaviors.



Until these issues are solved, nothing is going to change.

[h_curtis]

Originally Posted by Tony_Soprano

People are the problem, not guns. One of the issues is the decay of society, largely attributed to Marxists, who started attacking the nuclear family back in the '60s.There's no such thing as moral relativism, either. Familial structure is critical to a functional society.



The other issue is one of mental health, which gets glossed over with all mass killings. When I've looked deeper into the mass murderers, they usually have a history of mental health issues along with taking SSRIs, which are linked to violent thoughts/behaviors.



Until these issues are solved, nothing is going to change.

Lol. Ok grandpa.

[tyovan4]

Originally Posted by Tony_Soprano

People are the problem, not guns. One of the issues is the decay of society, largely attributed to Marxists, who started attacking the nuclear family back in the '60s.There's no such thing as moral relativism, either. Familial structure is critical to a functional society.



The other issue is one of mental health, which gets glossed over with all mass killings. When I've looked deeper into the mass murderers, they usually have a history of mental health issues along with taking SSRIs, which are linked to violent thoughts/behaviors.



Until these issues are solved, nothing is going to change.

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Lol. Ok grandpa.

https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion...s/202206160048

"One of the most important contributors to the culture of violence is more or less banned from respectable — that is, liberal — discourse. It’s encouraging to see leaders in Pittsburgh’s anti-racism and anti-violence community take it up.

That issue is fatherhood.
...
It’s a fact as clear as gravity that fatherlessness contributes to violent behavior. According to the Institute for Family Studies at the University of Virginia, Black young adults are nearly twice as likely to be incarcerated if they grow up in single-parent or stepparent families, as opposed to families led by two biological parents. A study hosted on the Department of Justice website found that “the most reliable indicator of violent crime in a community is the proportion of fatherless families.”

[Tony_Soprano]

Originally Posted by tyovan4

https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion...s/202206160048

"One of the most important contributors to the culture of violence is more or less banned from respectable — that is, liberal — discourse. It’s encouraging to see leaders in Pittsburgh’s anti-racism and anti-violence community take it up.

That issue is fatherhood.
...
It’s a fact as clear as gravity that fatherlessness contributes to violent behavior. According to the Institute for Family Studies at the University of Virginia, Black young adults are nearly twice as likely to be incarcerated if they grow up in single-parent or stepparent families, as opposed to families led by two biological parents. A study hosted on the Department of Justice website found that “the most reliable indicator of violent crime in a community is the proportion of fatherless families.”

That was a very good editorial on the PG. Thanks for posting. I don't think I would have found that on my own.


I've also read that fatherlessness also contributes to depression and suicide. I have little doubt that deterioration of the nuclear family has negative effects on individuals and then society as a collective.

[h_curtis]

Originally Posted by Tony_Soprano

That was a very good editorial on the PG. Thanks for posting. I don't think I would have found that on my own.


I've also read that fatherlessness also contributes to depression and suicide. I have little doubt that deterioration of the nuclear family has negative effects on individuals and then society as a collective.

Lol. Ok grandpa.

[Independentthinking83]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Lol. Ok grandpa.

The land of the dinosaurs!!!!

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Tony_Soprano

That was a very good editorial on the PG. Thanks for posting. I don't think I would have found that on my own.


I've also read that fatherlessness also contributes to depression and suicide. I have little doubt that deterioration of the nuclear family has negative effects on individuals and then society as a collective.

Bingo. Sure would be nice if these kids had a father figure in their lives. One would think the community leaders would help out.

[fat lou]

Originally Posted by Independentthinking83

Violent crime and shootings have become more frequent. 88 guns for 100 people in 2011. 120 guns for 100 people in 2022. We don’t need to manufacture anymore. Gun and ammo manufacturing should be halted indefinitely. Period. Assault weapons should be banned period.

If more guns were the answer we would be the safest country in the world.

The number probably needs cut in half to see significant declines in crime.

The constitution doesn’t give you the right to own ammo either.

What's the point? We're obviously not doing a very good job of enforcing the gun laws that we have now, so what good will more restrictions do? Do you want to see the Pittsburgh police start cracking down hard on getting guns off the street? Do you want to see prosecutors vowing to prosecute anyone who's caught with a gun to the fullest extent of the law? Since you keep carrying on about "authoritarian police states," I'm guessing that the answer is no. You contradict yourself.

[Independentthinking83]

Originally Posted by fat lou

What's the point? We're obviously not doing a very good job of enforcing the gun laws that we have now, so what good will more restrictions do? Do you want to see the Pittsburgh police start cracking down hard on getting guns off the street? Do you want to see prosecutors vowing to prosecute anyone who's caught with a gun to the fullest extent of the law? Since you keep carrying on about "authoritarian police states," I'm guessing that the answer is no. You contradict yourself.

Too many guns are the problem 120 guns for every 100 people is way too many. Manufacturing of more guns and ammo should halt indefinitely. Assault weapons should be banned.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by fat lou

What's the point? We're obviously not doing a very good job of enforcing the gun laws that we have now, so what good will more restrictions do? Do you want to see the Pittsburgh police start cracking down hard on getting guns off the street? Do you want to see prosecutors vowing to prosecute anyone who's caught with a gun to the fullest extent of the law? Since you keep carrying on about "authoritarian police states," I'm guessing that the answer is no. You contradict yourself.

The answer to those questions is obviously no. Folks will defend and enable criminals, blame the police, and live in fear of inanimate objects while contradicting themselves about a police state…but the police will be the first ones they call when they need help as they can’t fend fend for themselves.