Comment This phenomena only occurs in the U.S. (Score 1) 898
It's not just a U.S. thing.
I currently live in Japan, which is generally regarded as a very safe country. Almost nobody owns guns.
So, when kids in schools lose it, they stab their teachers with knives. This has already happened several times over the past couple of years. The always-helpful media pointed to a TV drama where a "cool" character carried a knife. (So far there has been no appearace of a Knife Control lobby, but you never know.)
When kids become killers, something is clearly wrong. Blaming weapons, or the media, or computer games does nothing to stop the problem. I honestly don't know what will. But, if I had children, I know I would be talking with them right now and listening carefully to what they have to say.
I currently live in Japan, which is generally regarded as a very safe country. Almost nobody owns guns.
So, when kids in schools lose it, they stab their teachers with knives. This has already happened several times over the past couple of years. The always-helpful media pointed to a TV drama where a "cool" character carried a knife. (So far there has been no appearace of a Knife Control lobby, but you never know.)
When kids become killers, something is clearly wrong. Blaming weapons, or the media, or computer games does nothing to stop the problem. I honestly don't know what will. But, if I had children, I know I would be talking with them right now and listening carefully to what they have to say.
