i dont think its that deep but im still shook after reading this
lol I mean, it probably wasn't meant to be that deep, but as someone who lives in America, it could definitely be taken as a dig, and, as someone who is majoring in English, I sometimes find it hard not to over-analyze every story I read. (._. ; )
sorry if shit got real suddenly.
gun violence isnt naturalized, people generallly take it the same way as they take knife or vehicle violence......
Gun violence is very much naturalized in America. We have lockdown drills for Christ sake. Every school in America is taught how to handle a situation with an armed person entering the building because it happens so often. And people do not handle gun violence as they do knife or vehicle violence. Vehicle violence isn't contested as much as gun violence because vehicles aren't meant to be used as weapons. And knives are also not meant to be aimed at people but are generally used in food preparation. Guns were made with one purpose and that purpose is to kill or harm another human being. You really cannot compare guns to knives and cars.
uh, guns were made for 1. hunting and 2. self defense. that is their official and historical use. blades were created for survival and self defense as well. also, people who harm others dont give a crap about what something was made for, they'll use anything that works. the only reason guns are used more is because they are easier to hide + less expensive than a vehicle and quicker/more effective than a blade. if everyone had and knew how to use a gun, the only people getting killed by them would be the agressor. and i would say that yes, you definitely could compare guns and vehicles. one truck going 60 mph could kill way more people per second than a gun, AND could not be stopped by an outside force. so, yes, vehicles are much more deadly than guns, theyre just not generally used for that purpose.
Hunting and self defense are modern day uses of guns but they were made to be used in war, ie to kill people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_firearm THAT is their historical use. And your point of bad people finding bad means is meaningless when vehicular manslaughter happens about 300 times per year whereas gun homicides are somewhere around 11,000. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34996604.
Google is free to use and I recommend it when you next need to look up the actual history and statistics behind things you want to ignorantly discuss.
sorry, but i dont trust a site like wikipedia, where anyone can post whatever they want, to tell me the truth. if war was their origional use, that doesnt matter because (as you said yourself) they are now made for hunting and self defense. and again, guns are used so often because they are useful for that, not because they were "made for killing humans". vehicles are not used as often because (once again) they are expensive, therefore harder to obtain. i was not saying anything about how many times per year each are used to kill, i was saying that (again) a vehicle is capable of much more damage than a gun. for example, in countries where guns are illegal, pressure cookers and vehicles are used as a substitute for guns. and please, quit the sarcastic jabs, they only make you look immature. but i guess that was made apparent when you decided to relate a yaoi to the real world.
Lot of points being made so I simplified everything for you in number format:
1) Wikipedia is home to multiple sources under every article and devs monitor what changes can be made. (also, you sound like you probably still attend high school because college level professors actually recommend starting with wikipedia for research projects and then branching out from the sources each article provides.)
2) I did not say that hunting and self defense were the ONLY uses for modern day guns. Wars are being waged actively with guns right now. They were made to fight wars and they will continue to be used until the human race finds a more efficient way to kill each other.
3) Vehicles are not going to burst into a school setting and take out a bunch of kids. Guns are more deadly based on how frequently they are used to kill. It doesn't matter how many people a car can take out at a time. Guns are deadlier than cars in that they are used more often and more efficiently because, hey, you guessed it, THEY WERE MADE TO KILL PEOPLE. THAT WAS THEIR INTENDED USE.
4) I'm laughing my ass off here that you even had the audacity to relate gun violence to pressure cooker violence. Like, what made you think that was even a good argument??
5) I'll be as sarcastic as I damn well please. ; )
6) All media, no matter how small, has an influence on its audience and interpreting it isn't something I'm going to be made ashamed of or feel immature for. Please go find someone else to try and belittle because you lost this one.
nah its fine
1. i only trust sources when i know who is editing/writing them, so that i know that they are not biased.
2. a gun does not have a specific use, the wielder is the one who chooses whether it protects or kills
3. there are about 11,000 gun homicides per year and 32,000 vehicle deaths per year; which one is more dangerous again?
4. because it is an alternative to guns, please read thoroughly
5-6. you sound as if you have the maturity of a middle schooler, you are delusional if you take a yaoi seriously (they're made to entertain, not instruct), i belittle you because of your maturity level, sensitivity, and the fact that you belittled me first when i did nothing to insult you while just trying to have a discussion, and i do not know what you mean by lost, seeing as there is no winning or losing to discussion by definition.
You either aren't grasping what I'm saying or you don't want to acknowledge anything I've said. You're logic is "guns don't kill people. people kill people." Like, Jesus, man. I didn't know the NRA read yaoi but here you are. (Also only 300/32000 vehicle deaths were intended to kill, which is what actually matters here. The concept of a vehicle as a "weapon".)
And, no, you try to belittle me because you obviously have some kind of inferiority complex and the only way you can feel good about yourself is starting arguments and correcting people on online forums. (I've already seen you commenting on other people's topics to correct spelling mistakes. You're just a grade A asshole who thinks they're better than everyone else and you feel like you constantly need to prove it.)
ok, think what you will, i at least have comfort in knowing my own intentions rather than just assuming everyone elses. you people constantly feel that you're being attacked nowadays, and i don't want to bother trying to reason with people like you anymore. you're just another perfect example of why people like me give up on trying to better the world. goodbye.
Oh God. What a martyr complex. You aren't bettering the world. You're just trying to find enjoyment by shitting on everyone online. Later douche!
There is something depressingly funny about this taking place in America and the gun that keeps popping up all throughout the story. Like, you knew it was eventually going to be made into a bigger deal, but, before that, it was like this reappearing/disappearing prop that almost seemed like it was part of a gag. By being made into a joke, it's almost naturalized, much how gun violence is naturalized in America. I don't know if it was supposed to be that deep, but I thought I'd just share my take on that. *shrugs*