Speakeasy forum: Well...this will really help

who have become more violent between the ages of 16 and 24 for some reason. There doesn't seem to be enough male role models for them anymore in their lives, and when, for the most part, the dominate authority figure in their lives is a woman, I have to wonder how much these young men actually respect them and that authority or the lack of it because now the mother is essentially absent as well due to financial reasons. I hate stereo-typing here, but young women seem to adapt to having both parents gone on a regular basis for whatever reasons and take over 'household chores' such as vacuuming, dishes, making dinner, etc. without much thought to it. What's left for the young men? Mowing the yard, taking out the trash, and maybe shoveling snow? Left with too much time to their own devices and 'busy mind- prevents idle hands' out of the picture for them, I'm afraid is much of the problem. More single mothers need to seek help regarding mentors for male children who can help steer them in acceptable directions.......and because young men will talk easier to older males, perhaps a mentor would spot problems sooner than the mother would.

In the case of this young man, it seems strange to me that both older males in his life left this disturbed man to the sole responsibility of the mother and literally walked out of his life for at least the last two years, all the while knowing he had a 'personality problem', couldn't do well in a regular school enough that the mother home schooled him so he obviously had social skill issues, and also knowing the mother had all those weapons available and within easy reach. I will never understand the mother's thinking it was a good idea to take that kid to a shooting range and teach him how........

will be able to see the big difference in the father figure of those sit-coms of the past versus those of today. The mother figure has also changed dramatically as have the lifestyles of couples. Today's father figure is Homer Simpson and not John Forsythe or Robert Young...if anyone remembers them. We also had a single father (widowed) in a show called "The Rifleman" who was raising his son and teaching him ethics and morals while carrying a "trick" lever action rifle. The shows these men did would probably be laughed at if showed to today's kids who are raised on violent video games and taught about life by puppets.

It's on ME TV here. Comes on every day during the week. Bonanza used to be on there. One favorite lately are the old Remington Steele episodes. My wife lives on ME TV and RTV (retro) before that. We do watch some of the newer shows like Fringe, Person of Interest, NCIS, Castle.

if the gun control advocates weren't such fanatics, would be to limit possession of semi-automatic and/or "assault" guns to former military who were honorably discharged, considered now as "the militia". The art of incrementalism has become lost to them I guess.

high taxes stopped smoking and drinking, didn't it? Or was reduced due to a change in people's hearts toward a healthier lifestyle?

The higher cost for cigarettes was the most influential thing along with bans on where you are allowed to smoke now......as for the drinking.......more crackdowns on DUI's because of lousy local economies have really been the main deterrent since the fines are pretty hefty now. Like I've said before regarding liberals.......control people's money and you control the people.

You won't get cooperation from abroad for the sake of US law. You'll also get the same underground trafficking that we see with drugs. I'm sorry to predict that even removing guns and bullets won't stop this type of crime. People to do this don't expect to survive. In fact, I believe it's their way of committing suicide. Those bent on taking out large numbers of people as they make their own exit plan well for the occasion. There are ways to do this that are less cumbersome than trying to sneak in with heavy brass and lead and pick people off one at a time. You're going to see home grown suicide bombers here in the US. You can count on it.

You're going to see home grown suicide bombers here in the US.

American ingenuity, you gotta' love it.

well before a person comes to the conclusion that life isn't worth it...and then storms out in a rage.

business being sold to the general public. Certain weapons are one such item. I also can't find a reason for anyone to be able to buy a car that goes 200 mph. I doubt that such a person will never be tempted to abuse its power and I don't want to be anywhere on the road with such a person...or during an road rage incident. At the same time, I realize that everyone has their form of recreation and some of these include handing dangerous items. It's not my form of pleasure but I need to ask myself if I have a right to deny someone else their just because irresponsible acts happen. Living free isn't without hazard and some of these can be severe.

I'm always for seeking to fix the root cause of a problem as a better choice than just treating its ill effects, however. This doesn't mean that some remedial measures can't be part of the plan. I'd not get in the way of an effort to control weapons that have developed a pattern of being regularly abused by the general public. Thus far we've only had random acts by deranged people. Punishing the many for the abuses of the few isn't a policy I take lightly.

Is that what it says on the package? Maybe it's purpose is to make a lot of quarter inch holes quickly, in whatever one points it at. Now that would be an appropriate description of it's function.