The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by what can only be described as a lunatic with a grudge has drawn the attention of both supporters of gun control in the United States and of those of us who favor gun rights, given its extraordinary features, and while some reactions are simply predictable talking points best left on the photocopier, there are some lessons worth noticing here.
I'm not sure you can classify him as mad. Revenge is a motive understandable to all, I wouldn't call it extreme, even if the actions resulting might be.
I'm not sure that introducing similar programs for education, healthcare, etc would make much difference. It's my understanding of the data that if you remove the inner city violence that blights primarily low-income and poverty-line black Americans, the U.S. homicide rate plunges to levels comparable to European nations.
In other words, when white America is compared to white Europe (which is most all of Europe, despite their boasts of "multiculturalism") then the numbers really don't look so different. This should be motivation to finally provide black families and communities with the support and resources they desperately need, but it'll be ignored in favor of more crowing about gun control.
I'm not sure you can classify him as mad. Revenge is a motive understandable to all, I wouldn't call it extreme, even if the actions resulting might be.
I'm not sure that introducing similar programs for education, healthcare, etc would make much difference. It's my understanding of the data that if you remove the inner city violence that blights primarily low-income and poverty-line black Americans, the U.S. homicide rate plunges to levels comparable to European nations.
In other words, when white America is compared to white Europe (which is most all of Europe, despite their boasts of "multiculturalism") then the numbers really don't look so different. This should be motivation to finally provide black families and communities with the support and resources they desperately need, but it'll be ignored in favor of more crowing about gun control.