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Originally Posted by SF18C
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I found the last question to be telling to the major problem and the thread on moral relativism...
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11.) While some officers say gun violence in the United States stems from violent movies and video games (14 percent), early release and short sentencing for violent offenders (14 percent) and poor identification/treatments of mentally-ill individuals (10 percent), the majority (38 percent) blame a decline in parenting and family values.
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This country is quickly walking away from family and Christian values and these shootings are just one symptom. People are believing that Feedom = hedonism. There is no freedom without strong morals, just anarchy, which leads to slavery.
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"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles." — Jeff Cooper
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