Yet another (middle aged) woman on the news, this time someone off the street, said that "in her day, people settled things with fists, but today everyone uses guns and knives.". She further said that "guns and knives are just too easy for kids to get today, so that's why kids go to them".
Excuse me? Okay, I was not even old enough to be conscious until the 80's, but I recall that my home had lots of big knives in it, and guns in the closet. I could be wrong, but I think knives have always been part of society (sarcasm).
My dad reports growing up with guns, so from what I know, kids in the 50's and 60's could just have easily grabbed Dad's gun or knife and gone postal. Pipe bombs and "molotov cocktails" are nothing new either.
In fact, I am out of high school, and just a few years ago in the late eighties and early nineties, there was no gun violence on campus, we settled things with fists. It was right after I gradutated, in the early 1990's that I sudenly started hearing about kids grabbing guns, and I couldn't believe it because that was unheard of in the 1980's, except perhaps in downtown LA gang areas.
Am I wrong? I wasn't there in the 50's and 60's...I don't know, but why is it supposedly "easier for kids to get guns today"?
For all I can tell, this is a bunch of BULLSH!T. Pardon my french, but if anything, guns are HARDER to get today....WAY harder to get.
Tell me if I am wrong, I wasn't there, but are guns any easier for kids to get today than they were in generations past?
thaddeus
Excuse me? Okay, I was not even old enough to be conscious until the 80's, but I recall that my home had lots of big knives in it, and guns in the closet. I could be wrong, but I think knives have always been part of society (sarcasm).
My dad reports growing up with guns, so from what I know, kids in the 50's and 60's could just have easily grabbed Dad's gun or knife and gone postal. Pipe bombs and "molotov cocktails" are nothing new either.
In fact, I am out of high school, and just a few years ago in the late eighties and early nineties, there was no gun violence on campus, we settled things with fists. It was right after I gradutated, in the early 1990's that I sudenly started hearing about kids grabbing guns, and I couldn't believe it because that was unheard of in the 1980's, except perhaps in downtown LA gang areas.
Am I wrong? I wasn't there in the 50's and 60's...I don't know, but why is it supposedly "easier for kids to get guns today"?
For all I can tell, this is a bunch of BULLSH!T. Pardon my french, but if anything, guns are HARDER to get today....WAY harder to get.
Tell me if I am wrong, I wasn't there, but are guns any easier for kids to get today than they were in generations past?
thaddeus