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I wish someone could give me a valid reason why shooting have been happening for the past 25 years in the frequency that they have when something of this nature was virtually unheard of prior to the 1980's. Sure, there were a occasional incidents in the 1960's, but nothing compared to the tragedies occurring now.
Personally, I think many of these people are influenced by the media. Many people disagree with this idea. My idea stems from the violence of video games, movies and music in this generations music. There is not a night on television that doesn't have a NCIS, CSI, or any other cop show on where murders happen and get investigated. Not a week goes by that a violent movie isn't released...Rambo, 300, Saw 1, The Fog, etc, etc, etc. You can't argue that today's television is far more violent then even the worst WW2 or western tv show from the 50's or 60's. Music, especially rap, has it's demons; talking about "bustin a cap" in someone for doing them wrong, or killing cops, or whatever.
The sad part is that all these school shootings do is ruin lives and alienate law abiding citizens who own guns. It's hard to defend your 2nd Amendment right to a woman grieving for a lost child. Emotion, especially in the heat of things will usually side over logic.
