On the other hand though, automatic weapons aren't really that much better at killing people under many circumstances. An assault rifle has the option for automatic fire (nowdays often in a burst), but also the option for semi-automatic fire which is commonly used. The commonwealth version of the FAL only had semi-automatic fire capability (barring sticking a matchstick into the mechanism in the right place to get full auto fire), and that is still in use today. Even the nations that replaced it did so fairly recently, British troops used it in the Falklands and Australian troops used it in Vietnam.The_Kodu said:Glad to know about that one thenthaluikhain said:Automatic weapons are very heavily restricted, and are almost never used in crimes. As in, 2 or 3 civilians commit crimes with them a century...barring semi-automatics illegal modified into full automatic ones.The_Kodu said:you don't need full auto assault rifles
For that matter, endless murders in the US.
Not sure if you mean that the problem is people being stuck into arbitrary ideas of masculinity or that people are saying that's the problem.The_Kodu said:Yeh that is the problemWell yes, sticking people into arbitrary ideas of masculinity is part of the problem people talking about toxic masculinity are talking about.The_Kodu said:When in reality Toxic masculinity is not being happy with yourself and trying to fit into some other system of masculinity rather than accepting your masculinity on a multitude of terms and traits available.
I don't see this at all. However, if you mean that they feel that society is against them, rather than it actually being so, in the same way that certain types feel not criminalising homosexuality is persecuting straight people, then I'd agree. Especially the ones that right long manifestos about how special they are and how cruel a world that doesn't recognise their awesomeness is.The_Kodu said:I mean the shooter sees the media being fine villanising them even before the crime and being fine with calling them monsters or suggesting they're some how responsible already for many of the worlds ills. Hence they decide they're already the villain so they don't care about being seen as one by doing such terrible acts.