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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
"Some criminologists suggest the recent spate of shootings could be linked to the recession and the impact of job losses on personal finances and relationships."
What do you think?
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I think it is related to the ease with which Americans can buy guns, especially guns and rifles whose only function is to obliterate (does one really need an assault rifle or a submachine gun to hunt squirrel?). Even my U.S. Senator, Kristin Gillibrand, baosts about how she sleeps with a loaded rifle underneath her bed. (If I were her husband, I'd be mighty nervous
.)
The British did a lot of good things for us Americans when they forced us to revolt, but they screwed us royally (
) when they began confiscating our rifles in the 1770s, giving reason for the Second Amendment. Now we are paying the price.