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backscatter712

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10. Anyone who was going to go on a shooting spree is already fucked in the head.

Reply to AZ Progressive (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:36 AM

Dec 2012

If not Terminator, it would be something else. Maybe the Bible, maybe Little Red Riding Hood.

So excuse me if I'm unwilling to part with First Amendment rights because some psycho might derive some inspiration for a murder spree from a movie.

Easy access to guns - that's the elephant in the room we need to be talking about. Blaming violent media is a copout.

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Do you think movie scenes like this one could be partly responsible for mass shootings? [View all] AZ Progressive Dec 2012 OP

What did it cause in Europe, Japan, Australia.... jberryhill Dec 2012 #1

You win the thread. freshwest Dec 2012 #2

No. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #3

Combined with easy gun access. Twisted people in other countries can only dream of doing this stuff AZ Progressive Dec 2012 #7

Exactly! This doesn't happen elsewhere. hughee99 Dec 2012 #9

No we aren't. Germany has had a string of them over the last 12 years or so, even after stronger... JVS Dec 2012 #13

I was just watching an old episode of Alias and thinking Voice for Peace Dec 2012 #4

Just as certainly as this scene triggered a wave of liberating underaged prostitutes from pimps. JVS Dec 2012 #5

I think guns are a much bigger cause of violence Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #6

I think we glorify gun use to an extreme... cynatnite Dec 2012 #8

Anyone who was going to go on a shooting spree is already fucked in the head. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #10

I think most people know right from wrong. socialindependocrat Dec 2012 #11

i think wall-to-wall coverage of mass shootings & pornographic obsession with the shooter does. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #12

Massive gun shootout? Your doing it wrong. The Midway Rebel Dec 2012 #14

What no one seems to be understanding is Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #15