Another mass shooting
August 10, 2012 in The Question by Teri-Hayslett
The tragic mass shooting at the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, coming just a few days after the tragic mass shooting at the theater in Colorado, continues a deeply disturbing American trend.
Since 1976, the U.S. has averaged 20 mass shootings a year – including 30 in 2003.
Why is America such a violent place? Why are we experiencing so many mass shootings? Is this sort of tragedy embedded in our DNA? What should we be doing about it?
Ubiquitous and graphic violence in movies and in other outlets of media and music may indicate a distubing acceptance, even celebration, of violence in much of contemporary culture and feed into a violent mentality. It may numb us like novocaine to sensitivity to life.