On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 04:47:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

So now, at least, you seem to be admitting this is a societal problem
more than a gun problem. Why not put the same scrutiny on parents that
you want to put on guns?
Why do we need to wait until a kid shoots up his school or more likely
kills himself before we even start to look at what kind of parents and
family structure they have?
We have spent so much time freeing "mom" from her main responsibility
raising her kids to pursue a career and told everyone single parent
household families are fine that we have forgotten kids need parents.




Greg, I have been suggesting all throughout this discussion that we
*have* a societal problem, i.e. "culture" that includes a lax attitude
about guns, the responsibilities that come with having them and the
easy access of getting them. In no way do I think a registration
requirement for gun ownership is going to solve all our problems but
I think you have to start somewhere. Guns have played a role in most
of the mass shootings that have occurred it seems, so if we are going
to try to change our culture it seems like that is a good place to start.


So we admit we have a problem with the society and the solution is to
put everything they might possible cause trouble with on a high shelf.
You are going to run out of room on the shelf and the kids will just
learn how to climb.