Posted by alexandra_k on April 13, 2019, at 7:11:33
In reply to New Zealand, posted by Clearskies on March 14, 2019, at 23:52:00
Hey.
Uh, thanks.
I guess you guys are referring to the Christchurch terrorism thing?
Yeah.
I don't at all understand / know what it was about / know what to think about these kinds of things.
Last mass shooting in Christchurch (that I know of) was to do with a guy shooting up Work and Income (welfare) office after being evicted from the park he was living in after being denied / declined accommodation assistance by Work and Income (welfare) in the region.
I... Understand why people go all gung ho, sometimes, if you have guns etc. I only mean to say that I think these things are under-described often times. I honestly feel that I have no f*ck*ng idea what any of it is about. What could have possibly motivated it and so on.
But I think about the effects. What are the effects of it being marketed as it has been?
Something something about increased police powers... Carrying firearms where they never did before. I guess that is the upshot, really. Increasing public acceptance of such things.
I don't even know we are talking about the same thing...
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