Yall
Its not gun control, its not mental health.
its toxic masculinity.
The polarizing argument over one or the other is a distraction from looking at the root cause.
Domestic violence is the most common thread in mass violence.
Arguing over banning guns or locking mentally ill people away is just a damn distraction.
Pull your heads out of your ass and address the root issue.
Toxic masculinity.
@Laurelai You’re not wrong, but I don’t think there’s less toxic masculinity or domestic violence in countries that have gun control and fewer mass shootings.
@ghost_bird Yes but they have *other* kinds of mass violence because the root issue wasnt solved, so the violence takes different forms.
@Laurelai Agreed. Gun control is just a way to put a patch on the problem by creating barrier to mass violence and making the violence itself less lethal. But it’s an effective patch, and gun culture is itself a reservoir of toxic masculinity.
@Laurelai (Although if we’re talking about homicide deaths per capita rather than mass violence I could argue for inequality and/or systematic racism as root causes as well.)
@ghost_bird Humans killing other humans has happened since the dawn of humans. Im specifically speaking fo mass violence. Though modern murder yes also has a racialized and class element to it.
