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lagomorph777

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7. Japan has crazies too - they just can't shoot people.

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 12:43 PM

Mar 2021

You can probably reduce the number of radicalized kooks, by doing something about Putin, social media, etc. But the biological kooks will always be there; we can reduce their impact with gun control.

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I wonder if Biden's policies succeed could it decrease mass killings and racism? [View all] Kablooie Mar 2021 OP

did you mean mass killings? Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #1

You're right. I updated the title. Kablooie Mar 2021 #2

No matter how good society is, there will always be crazy people. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #3

Yes, but gun control is part of Biden's agenda too. Kablooie Mar 2021 #6

Japan has crazies too - they just can't shoot people. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #7

That's a pretty tall order. The New Deal certainly did not decrease racism. In fact, in many cases, WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #4

No Darwins_Retriever Mar 2021 #5

Mass killings are a tiny percentage of total homicides - so homicides might be a problem. Klaralven Mar 2021 #8

"so homicides might be a problem." EX500rider Mar 2021 #10

I wish, but you can't legislate someone's moral compass. redstatebluegirl Mar 2021 #9