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JoCoJenn|1458175048|4006429 said:liaerfbv|1458173788|4006416 said:I find it hilarious when Repubs tout trickle down economics but deny the plausibility of "trickle down" gun reform.
I don't personally see it as "trickle down gun reform". Rather, it's like replacing a faucet gasket when your house is being flooded by a cracked water main. You have to look at the root cause of the incidents. Guns do not just "go off". It takes an action that it requires someone making a concerted effort and decision to pull that trigger. The effect could be the same (harm of another) regardless of the tool used. So, you don't look at the tool, you have to look at the "why" or the cause. Was it self defense? Was it retaliatory (e.g., drug or gang violence), or was it because of mental illness? Then you approach THOSE problems individually and appropriately because there is NO one size fits all solution that can really apply to them all equally. That's why the gun control measures that HAVE been put in place have failed. The government has changed too many faucet gaskets while allowing the cause of the flood to continue.
I don't want to clutter up Deb's thread with our gun control debate (the next gun control thread we can really go to town ), but the short answer is I think you you have to look at it comprehensively. Yes, address the root of the problems as you said above AND implement gun control laws all together. We are failing on both accounts.