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captain queeg

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1. Maybe at its root these incidents are more a mental health or societal problem. But the easy access to guns is the issue

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jul 14, 2024, 10:52 AM

Jul 2024

that we could directly influence. I don’t know how we could address this but we could start with the assault style guns. I grew up around guns, but they were for hunting or plinking with a .22 at a safe location. Things changed in the 90s with easy access and gun glorification on TV and movies.

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Maybe at its root these incidents are more a mental health or societal problem. But the easy access to guns is the issue captain queeg Jul 2024 #1

Wrong forum - sorry. Will delete. Meant to post this in GD and have now posted it there at this link: highplainsdem Jul 2024 #2