Originally posted by: NicoSuave
Date: June 16, 2014 at 02:50 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/you-stay-classy-matt-hughes.62837/
Shawnd1901 said:
because most are and what has been proposed to help the problem
fixes nothing
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Really?! Not even a background check? Are you sure about that? I mean yeah, it's not going to fix the problem
entirely
, but it will
DECREASE
the problem. No issue is really 100% fixable, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to tame the situation.
Think of gun violence like weeds in your yard, and background checks are your bottle of RoundUp spray. You will always have at least one weed pop up in your yard every now and then, but that RoundUp spray
decreases the chances
of that 1 weed becoming 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 weeds, spreading like a virus around your yard.
Similarly, there's always going to be that one whacko who gets his hands on the most powerful firearm he can find. If you have a background check in place, then you
decrease the chances
of that 1 whacko with a firearm becoming 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 whackos with firearms, as well as
decrease the chances
of that 1 child who got shot becoming 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, 30 children who got shot.
Why is it that we are so quick to dismiss suggested ideas that have
already been proven effective
within other countries, such as Australia?
And getting back to Matt Hughes, this is a man who mutilated a piglet for fun, basically raped his wife on two separate occasions while she was in recovery from surgery, and went all the way to Africa once for the sole purpose of shooting a bobcat. Whether or not he actually eats/makes good use of what he kills, I have every reason to believe that he hunts so he can feel powerful over creatures he believes are inferior to him.
