It's no secret that the cause of increased gun violence is the breakdown in families, which results in young males thinking they have to shoot each other to prove their manhood.
It is also clear there is no easy way to force society back into adopting the nuclear-family model.
Until we can accomplish that, the violence will continue, whether with guns or with knives and baseball bats.
I agree absolutely. Which is why any move that encourages the further disruption of the family has to be opposed.
I think a lot of violence (by young people especially) is caused by a feeling of discontent with their lot. Its hard to comprehend...this current generation is materially the most well off ever - they live longer, they have more opportunity and education and better food than any other generation that has walked the earth, but they still feel estranged. I put a lot of that down to the “cult of celebrity” that afflicts most of the western world.