STEPS TO LESS US GUN VIOLENCE

The second amendment question is complex. One need not ban guns to make constructive changes in US gun policy.

It seems we are alone in the world in the number of mass shootings and have a higher murder rate than other

countries in the technologically developed world.

1. Should guns be available only in licensed shops

a. not over the internet

b. not in WalMart and other chain stores

c. not in gun shows

2. Should gun laws be enforced more than at present?

(Nowt if a store operator has not heard back in 3 days on a background check

he may go ahead and sell the gun)

3. Is US gun violence related to hunting as well as other factors? A high percentage of serial killers of human beings have been trained to kill animals by parents, 4H, or others. A major source of income for the National Rifle Association is hunters.

4. Is US gun violence related to the numbers of wars the US government has involved the country. Studies indicate that soldiers trained to kill are more likely than those

who've never been so trained... to be violent with guns.

5. Is murder easier with a gun? It has been said that more are able to kill with guns because there can be distance between the killer and his or her victim. It is a widely documented fact that in Europe there are stricter gun laws and fewer murders.

6. Should assault weapons be banned?

7. Should there be stricter background checks?

8. Gun manufacturera profiteer from guns. Should they be held liable? Should they be prevented from advertising?

9. Should governments avoid scapegoating the mentally ill who have been healed?

10. Does corporate media in the US immerse children and adults in violence,shootings with programs such as Criminal Minds, with police shows such as Cops Reloaded, with the Justice Channel etc? Is such immersion a form of programming? '

11. Should courses in nonviolence be taught in grade schools, high schools, and colleges. Colman McCarthy, former Trappist monk and later Washington Post syndicated columnist, has taught Peace Studies for many years. John Looney of the American Friends Service Committee with others developed a course on nonviolence to be taught in schools.

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A Guide to Mass Shootings In the US

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map

On Point discussion of gun policy and the 2016 election

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/10/06/gun-rights-gun-safety-gun-control-201

American Friends Service Committee course in nonviolence

https://afsc.org/resource/alternatives-violence-course

http://www.quotehd.com/imagequotes/authors1/martin-luther-king-jr-leader

SV: Violence is a form of pornography.