Does the Newtown massacre raise any red flags about violence in America?

	Does the Newtown massacre raise any red flags about violence in America? You are far more likely to die in an automobile accident on your way to school than you are to die from a dangerous school shooter. Most politicians are not talking about securing school with armed guards. Most politicians are not talking about integrating the latest vehicle safety technology in all vehicles either. The USA should do a better job stopping the violent criminals and gangs in high crime areas. These people are the reason some people guns. Our movies, video games and TV shows glorify violence. Adam Lanza's favorite gun in the video game "Counterstrike," was the gun he used in the massacre. Banning any type of gun is not the answer to America's violence problem. Asked By: Carlos - 12/23/2012

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Many schools in the US have police officers assigned to them aren't they the same as armed guards..... In a not perfect world only the good guys would turn in their guns and we would be helpless and at the mercy of the bad guys.Too bad we will never know if a police officer was assigned to that school how many lives could he have saved. Drugs and drunk driving have been against the law for years and that does not help. We could use the money we give to countries that hate us,our children are more important!! Answered By: arnie - 12/23/2012

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Well if it doesn't it should. Answered By: n8boi02 - 12/24/2012

Yes. The Newtown massacre was committed by a person with legally owned guns. Mr. LaPierre's answer of arming the "good guys" is not that pat an answer . Answered By: sweets - 12/24/2012

Just another False Flag, to disarm America, so that we do not have "10 guns behind every blade of grass." Answered By: joe - 12/24/2012

Banning any type of gun is not the answer to America's violence problem.>> Is that actually so? Hold the trigger down on an assault rifle and you could kill dozens before reloading. So... let's put the NRA's Good Guy (whoever he is) in there with an assault rifle and see how many lives he can save once he knows about it Total no-brainer. The Founding Fathers will be spinning in their graves... the POINT of the right to bear arms was that the country would have a standing Militia rather than an Army, that was why the right to bear arms was in the Constitution. People saying otherwise are traducing the fine principles that were laid down all those years ago. Ironic that it takes me, a Brit, to point that out. Answered By: G'hound - 12/23/2012

Would not raise Red flag but sure would flag the issue for congress and senate Answered By: tillan2k - 12/23/2012

It actually raises a flag that kids are not taught right from wrong. They are taught self esteem but are not taught self control, they are taught about their rights but they aren't taught about other people's rights; they are taught there is your truth, my truth and someone else's truth. They are very amoral and do not see right from wrong it has nothing to do with how he killed, he could have used a machete like the guy in China or blew up the building like in Michigan. The point is these people did these things because they were not taught self control that if you are mad at someone the solution is not to go out and kill them or anyone else for thatmatter. However, a guy from the 'hood' I was talking to .. when I mentioned rules.. he said to me: "Rules? I never agreed to no rules" and he was serious! He feels since he didn't agree to any rules he has no reason to obey any rules, scary huh? Answered By: Tapestry6 - 12/23/2012

"Violence in America is as American as Apple-pie." (turner page) Sadly, most Americans are so well cloistered in their individual comforts zones that it takes a tragedy of this magnitude to acquire their undivided attention. Unfortunately, the same mindset that trumpets the love of individualism - refuses to accept its share of responsibility in the promotion of gun ownership. Coupled with the insatiable profit motive of Capitalism that governs American business practices, indeed America has sold its soul for 'a few dollars more!' Answered By: D. Control - 12/23/2012

No these massacre started in the 1960 when gun control started, now you decide who is behind it. Answered By: Manlo - 12/23/2012

While the Oscar Ceremonies are taking place & movie stars are slapping each other on the back & giving standing ovations to each other, there are young adolescence living the rest of their lives in a cold jail with cemented walls, convicted of violent crimes they have committed. OR have committed suicide. What's the connection? For as much as Hollywood influences today's culture, it's a bit surprising to realize how little connection the average person makes between movies and real life lawlessness. Psychotic movies are engineered and manufactured by sick people in Hollywood, and they should be held responsible for the psychotic forces they unleash. It is a well known FACT that violence is a learned behavior and that movies as a medium have always had a profound influence on society, especially the young. Their claims that "movies are simply a reflection of real life", is completely illogical. Do children really see 33,000 murders in their lifetime?... of course not. The sad reality is that our children are being robbed of their innocence by greedy, irresponsible television executives.TV an movies teaches children that brutal violence is glamorous, thrilling, and accepted as part of everyday life. If all the combined forces of Hell should assemble in conclave, and with them all the men on earth that hate and despise God, and purity, and virtue; if all the scum of the earth could mingle with with the denizens of Hell to try to think of the deadliest institution to home, to church and state, these combined hellish intelligence gatherings could not conceive of or bring into being an institution that could come close to the already existing manufacturer of Hollywood movies. In every home in every country, 24/7. our homes and children are becoming the birth womb of hollywood immorality. Children who are calloused by the psychotic numbness coming out of hollywood live in the same neighborhoods as those who aren't. Sometime the "fools" are the majority. Education has nothing to do with morality. Even educated children are influenced by this tsunami of immorality from Hollywood. Perhaps even compounding the problem. Nothing more dangerous than a sex crazed, immoral person who is educated. · By the time children reach the age of 16, they will have witnessed 33,000 murders and over 200,000 acts of violence on network TV. · A 10-year study at the University of Illinois found that television is more crucial to a child's behavior than even their family or their social class. · According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, television viewing causes violent and aggressive behavior in children and sends them irresponsible messages about sexual behavior and alcohol. · Every major opinion poll - including the Gallup poll, TV Guide, Time Magazine, Parents magazine and Advertising Age - say overwhelmingly that the American people believe there IS TOO MUCH SEX AND VIOLENCE ON TV. CSI:NY... starts out with a woman being sawed in two parts. Shows the saw, her screaming. woman going through the horrors of being wrapped in a chain, sunken in water upside down and dying. Of course the killer is wearing a christian cross around his neck. Source(s): common sense Answered By: James Birdwell - 12/23/2012

They are coming to take your gun away, gun away, gun away! They're coming to take your gun away, and there's nothing you an do. Answered By: Devils Advocate - 12/23/2012

One of the answers you received pointed out to violence and too much sex on hollywood movies. Yes, there is enough blame to go around. Get in line, all movie makers. Answered By: QuiteNewHere - 12/23/2012

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