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I thought of posting this in the latest mass shooting thread, but this is article shifts the focus enough I thought it might warrant its own thread. I think it gets at something that most of us feel at some level, but that has been hard to state without evidence for fear of engendering defensiveness. I know I prompted at least one flounce from these boards by suggesting it some time ago.
Why, guns have always been a part of our culture in the US, are we having more of these shootings lately, and why are more people stockpiling guns. And why are most of the people doing this white males with conservative views? This article tackles these questions.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-are-white-men-stockpiling-guns/
As it turns out, racism does play a role, as does the role of guns as security blankets, and the election of Obama did precipitate at least some of this.
A tragic side effect of white males owning the majority of the nation's guns is that they are the ones most likely to commit suicide with guns.
The author of the article posits that a potential solution to the problem would be to increase connection between people, to get these white, gun-owning guys to feel like they have things in common with others. The question is, how do we do this?
Why, guns have always been a part of our culture in the US, are we having more of these shootings lately, and why are more people stockpiling guns. And why are most of the people doing this white males with conservative views? This article tackles these questions.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-are-white-men-stockpiling-guns/
As it turns out, racism does play a role, as does the role of guns as security blankets, and the election of Obama did precipitate at least some of this.
A tragic side effect of white males owning the majority of the nation's guns is that they are the ones most likely to commit suicide with guns.
The author of the article posits that a potential solution to the problem would be to increase connection between people, to get these white, gun-owning guys to feel like they have things in common with others. The question is, how do we do this?
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