Shooting Rampage at Northern Illinois U.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

I know a lot of people hate to have this discussion but a VT can only happen in a country with easy access to handguns. There are more sick weirdos in Japan per capita than probably any other country in the world (they have ladies only cars on the train to prevent groping), but even Samurai swords are prohibited (seriously, past a certain point of sharpness) so you never hear about these kind of tragedies.

Well to compare us and these types of things to Japan you have to look at more than guns. You have to look at culture, devorce rates (single parent homes, etc... Its narrow minded just to say guns. In Japan to discrace your family is one of the major things you really get looked down for and you become a discrase to society in general. Here in America it seems to be a part of growing up and no I'm not talking about going on a killin spree. I'm talking in general.

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Well to compare us and these types of things to Japan you have to look at more than guns. You have to look at culture, devorce rates (single parent homes, etc... Its narrow minded just to say guns. In Japan to discrace your family is one of the major things you really get looked down for and you become a discrase to society in general. Here in America it seems to be a part of growing up and no I'm not talking about going on a killin spree. I'm talking in general.

If your point is that there aren't mass murders in Japan because people don't want to embarrass their parents, well, let me just say I don't think that's the reason.

I was using Japan as an example because I live here, but you don't see school shootings anywhere else but America. My point is that there are psychopaths everywhere, they are just loaded up with guns in the states.

That's just the reaction I have every time I hear about one of these. I get sick of having to try and defend my country two or more times every year to people who just can't understand why we continue to allow this to happen.