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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
I disagree that the lack of availability changes the motive. Lack of availability of one weapon just pushes people to choose different weapons. The choice of weapon does not make something a "political statement." It also doesn't make mass murder something other than mass murder.
I love it when people call mass murder a "political statement." A "political statement" is when I stopped voting Republican and told people about my choice. If I had decided to kill a few other Republicans to shut them up .... that would have been murder, not a statement.
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I did not mean to imply that the motive is changed, just the sociologic translation of the disaffection. The motive is the same, "I want to kill someone." It's just that the situation of what is happening in your society bends those who are so inclined to make that transation to actual behavior take certain pathways. It is soooo much more complex than what the nightly news heads try to sell us.