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The thing that struck me about the Walmart shooter was the size of the magazine he was using. It looked like a 30 rounder. Guns haven't appreciably changed over the decades, with the exception of their firing capacity.what will it take for this to end?
People have changed. There used to be rifle clubs in high schools, with kids bringing their rifles into the schools. There used to be intact families, that actually ate dinner together and spent common time in the living room each night. It used to be that violence and strife and immorality and inanity weren't constantly piped into those living rooms electronically. It used to be that the Ten Commandments were posted on the walls of public buildings, including schools, and public prayer was allowed. And it used to be that unborn life was protected.
None of that was perfect; far from it. But that was the norm and the dominant cultural message. Now in large measure that is gone, and affect of its lack on people has been devastating.
The solution to the gun violence will have to be broad-based and address all these issues. Most of the problem, in my view, is "software" based, as per above, but there may be hardware issues we should look at as well, such as magazine capacity.
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