Comments on: Random Acts of Violence Can Be Mitigated But Not Prevented http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2012/07/25/random-acts-of-violence-can-be-mitigated-but-not-prevented/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nevery http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2012/07/25/random-acts-of-violence-can-be-mitigated-but-not-prevented/#comment-86574 Nevery Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:20:57 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=10738#comment-86574 IMO, If even one person there had a CCW, I bet there would have been at least one less murder. At the very minimum, the gunman would have been distracted with the gunfight while more people escaped. At the maximum, he would have been incapacitated and/or hopefully eliminated.

I’m not a gun-nut, either. In fact, I’m almost the contrary. I believe that firearm’s should be limited to a reasonable amount per registered owner. (Even if that’s 10 per) however, CCWs should be rewarded more often to those that are proven responsible of having them. Otherwise, only the bad guys have firearms and carry them illegally while the law-obiders are screwed. [Q.E.D.]

]]> By: MingoV http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2012/07/25/random-acts-of-violence-can-be-mitigated-but-not-prevented/#comment-86176 MingoV Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:11:01 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=10738#comment-86176 People claim that Americans are desensitized to human suffering because of the widespread viewing of movies, TV shows, cartoons, and video games that feature killings and maimings. I contend that such desensitization is minimal because the violence is at two removes: distance (the violence is viewed on a screen) and reality (the victims are actors or cartoon or computer characters).

It was common for people in early America to turn public punishments and killings into entertainment spectacles. They watched beatings and floggings, tormented people in stocks, and were thrilled by hangings. People in other nations not only watched public punishments and killings, they participated in stonings. I contend that those cultures were much more desensitized to violence than American today.

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