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Connecticut Governor: US 'A Violent Society'

Says some violent acts may be unstoppable

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by David Mark

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America is "unfortunately a violent society," says CT Governor Daniel Malloy. Reflecting on the amount of gun crime in the United States, Malloy, a Democrat, said on CNN's "State Of The Union," "This is a violent world. We are a particularly violent country within that world."

Malloy has been dealing non-stop with the aftermath of the Newtown, CT shootings that claimed 26 lives. Malloy is a gun control supporter. But he also expressed his belief that, "If someone wants to do an act like this, they are going to find a way to do it."

Speaking of the recent shootings in his state, Governor Malloy said that shooter Adam Lanza was "clearly" troubled and had to have been "deranged" to carry out this kind of crime. The CNN host, Candy Crowley asked about specific details of the case, including whether there was any evidence that Lanza was mentally disabled. Malloy responded that the acts he committed were evidence of that fact.

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  • MBernard
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    This is a violent world, indeed. "Their feet are swift to shed blood. Misery and destruction are in their paths. And the way of peace they've not known."
  • Dan_Tien
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    @DerivePI It's been a long time since I saw Dr. Strangelove. I have forgotten most of the scenes expect for Slim Pickens riding the H-bomb.
  • marine1
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    we've been playing genetic roulette with our crops and livestock for so long,just maybe it is starting to have an effect?
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  • MongoAPillager
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    you can not legislate sanity.as our country slips more into moral decay and totalitarianism these kind of events will become more prevalent thereby calling for more stringent laws in an desperate effort to curb said events which will inspire more lash outs at society in general,this is a vicious cycle that will not be stopped by new laws,i think our current administration even in some of their divisive actions foster such behavior
  • Neo_NtheMatrix
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    "you can not legislate sanity.as our country slips more into moral decay and totalitarianism"

    Very true. We have forgotten the values that made us America. Now we are becoming a cesspool of immoral inhabitants. I hope enough people wake up before it's too late, but I doubt it.
  • Zazziness
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    @Neo_NtheMatrix You mean morals and ethics like in the 1800s, right. Like when Laura Ingalls Wilder was pioneering with her family. Ah... the good old days. Say, I don't suppose you ever read "Little Farmer Boy" about her husband's childhood in upstate New York? They had a new school teacher that year because the older students had beaten the last one to death, much to the amusement of their roughneck parents. The killing was accidental, of course. They had merely meant to thrash him within an inch of his life for the amusement value of it. They were caught off-guard when the new teacher turned out to be very good with a bullwhip and he lashed them right out of the schoolhouse.

    I could give you olther examples but Laura Ingalls Wilder was about as all-American and moral as it gets and she was writing for children. And even so, if you do read you can see that people haven't changed all that much. There are just more of us, that's all.
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    TeresaJ
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    @Zazziness You mean the boys that Mrs. Wilder clearly demonstrated to be led by a boy whose father not only let him do what he wanted, but encouraged his boy to do it and bragged that he had beaten the teacher? Yes, we read too.

    There are more, alright. Now we just have a whole countryful of students who are ill-raised, rather than a select few.
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    TeresaJ
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    @TeresaJ Oh, btw, they didn't kill the teachers. If they had, they would have been arrested for murder. Bully boys looking for someone to overpower is a sight different from a suicidal mental case shooting and murdering little children.
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  • DerivePI
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    Short of an elimination of all firearms in the US, I do not think further legislation will prevent these kinds of events from happening. In particular, I would look to Norway as an example of a country with tighter gun control laws and yet a place where a massacre (69 murders) of this scale occurred. As for the elimination of all firearms in the US, I continue to believe that that would be detrimental to our level of security and freedom.
  • artjeb
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    Your post is good & it is one reason we were not attacted on the original 48 when japan hit us. Some japs were asked why & thier answer was BECAUSE the PEOPLE were armed
  • Neo_NtheMatrix
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    There is only one way to tone down the violence that is happening in our society. I will say it, even though I will be ridiculed by more than a few posters for my convictions.

    We have to get back to a family centered society focused on simple living. This rat race far too many people live, this keeping up with the Jones, this fast paced society that leaves no room to consider people and for parents to simply be parents and be there for their children are the things that are destroying our society.

    I don't have a 60" flat screen TV, I don't own an iPad, I don't drive a $40K car, and I don't have a lot of the modern day conveniences liberals say are a must to survive. What I do have is a wonderful woman who has stood by my side for the last 20 years, two beautiful precious sons, and a wonderful family and community in which I live. These are the things that are important. People are important. Until we get back to that type of society, where every child can come home to a mother and a father, we will unfortunately continue to see this kind of suffering.

    The Bible foretells these events. The hearts the fathers will turn from their children and then the hearts of the children will turn from their fathers.
  • Mbjhug
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    The thing is, we can't go back. Yes, it does seem like an ideal way to handle this, but not realistic. Lots of things have changed over the years to just simply roll back the clock and start over. What we CAN do is roll with the changes, and adapt to the situation and make the absolute best of it.
  • Russell797
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    Do you believe in capitalism? Are you concerned about our economic future? Yours is a prescription for a massive collapse of our economic engine. Your vision is just, but absolutely incompatible with the U.S. remaining a world power.
  • John_Matrix
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    Not buying it. There has been untold amounts of violence as far back as history has been recorded. The only difference in which we kill each other now is the means we carry it out by. Idiots have been predicting the end times my entire life, saying its just around the corner. Sure someday somebody may get it right but it'll only be by coincidence and then at that point who gives a shit.
  • Denizen_Kate
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    Neo, I'm sure that's a nice dream, but once released, you can't stuff the genie back into the lamp, you can't unopen Pandora's box, you can unsee or unsay something that has already happened, etc etc etc. Going back is not possible. A way forward must be found.
  • kyam333
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    How can you believe such beautiful things and still honestly believe that guns are the answer . I had an instructor once he picked up a rifle and said this is a rifle it is for killing people and that is all its for. Really look into it less guns would make your country a better place for your children.
  • Mbjhug
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    We all are so eager to push away people who aren't normal, or we tell them to get on meds, or some other "solution" so we dont have to deal with it. We don't want to solve the problem, just cure the symptoms. If we stop looking at these kinds of people with such disdain and angst and accept them for who they are and LISTEN to them and what they have to say, then maybe we won't have these outbursts all the time.
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    mtkopf
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    You could increase funding for mental health all you want but it won't help bc there will still be people who slip thru the cracks. This will continue to happen bc we as a society make guns too readily available and while most are in the hands of responsible relatively sane people( even though some of the posts on this site point to the contrary) some will eventually find their way into the hands of crazies and criminals. Until we can limit the amount of assault weapons we will continue to have this problem.
  • FollowTheMoney
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    America was born by fighting tyranny. We have been fighting for our rights for over two hundred years. We do not want to be ruled by any one, thus a government of the people for the people. Professional politicians and Elitist have worked from our beginnings to gain control over us, as that is their nature. It is our nature to fight back, that's what we do. Of course many Americans have given up and gotten used to living as sheep, many haven't. This governor is a professional politician and is using this tragedy as means to make more sheep.
  • Denizen_Kate
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    I prefer to cut the governor a little slack here. He's probably still in shock. Let him say whatever is on his mind and in his heart, no recriminations or throwing it in his face later.
  • FollowTheMoney
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    @Denizen_Kate I wish I could cut him some slack. To me a thief is a thief is a thief. The professional politician is no better than the petty burglar or shoplifter. I can't bring myself to trust them, I won't trust them.....screw me once_ shame on you, screw me twice_ shame on me... It doesn't take me being screwed a trillion times before I know what I'm dealing with.
  • Calfkiller
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    People forget that the 2nd Amendment is there for the sake of defending yourself against the gov't as well as criminals as well as hunting. The first thing any effective totalitarian government does is disarm anyone they consider subversive to the cause. I.E. Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, China.
  • Calfkiller
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    @Denizen_Kate how are you? That's how Karate was developed as well, the peasants in Japan were not allowed to carry weapons so they developed open handed fighting methods Karate means 'empty hand' alot of martial arts weapons were modified farm tools Nunchuk's were used to thresh wheat
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    idiot
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    every mass shooter in America has something incommon.
    1st. they had mental instability.
    2nd high capacitiy clips for assualt weapons.
    3rd no security in any building
  • TheJimmy
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    @woodtick57
    So I guess the question of why so many young men today are angry and violent is irrelevant to this particular topic?
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    Grubby
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    Obama's next step in implementation of a Totalitarian Dictatorship is to disarm the populace. He will see this display of insanity as a way to address his political agenda. Watch for the democrats calling for repeal of the Second Amendment. Also watch for another increase in the purchases of guns and ammunition. We need to protect ourselves from what is coming.
  • 1adam2
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    well the united states, used to be a less violent place. so what have you done, to make it worse? oh yeah that's right, you removed G-D and TheHoly Spirit from your schools, government, and public places. and if you remove yourselves from G-D, and Ruach HaKodesh, then you become the unholy spirits of devil worshipers with the three really bad angels... cause your all so smart, that you only though it is a good idea to seperate ourselves from G-D. and denounce being here in ThisStory of Creation again. cause you all rather be idolitors of other g-ds. and suffer the consequences, of the gateway drug of all idolitries.
  • 1adam2
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    should of been: thought...

    and don't be silly, the more you seperate yourselves from G-D. the more violent of a society your destined to become. if you reject TheHOLY Spirit, then you have no choice but to become an unholy and unclean spirits.
  • 1adam2
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    @woodtick57 oh! you mean like, ivan the terrible, the columbine massacre, the aurora theater massacre, the latest school massacre, hitler, and stalin? and what little virtua,l dream world are you living in?
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    woodtick57
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    @1adam2

    the people that killed for Hitler and Stalin were people of faith, for the most part. Nice try. All real studies back up my assertion that freethinkers and nonbelievers are less liolent and actually more moral.

    But then look at the moral guidbooks religions use...terrible teaching for any human.
  • 1adam2
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    @woodtick57 sure they had faith, in their other pagan g-ds. but they are not believers in TheG-D i know, here in this exact same story of creation again. having faith in all those other g-d's, ain't going to save anyone. there is no such thing, as a person that does not have faith religiously. but religiously who do they put their faith into? it has been over two thousand years, since anyone had any real faith in G-D. and i am not buying it that, that jews, christians and muslems have any faith in TheG-D i know.
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    RobertJHarsh
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    I think we are starting to see the result of the ACLU forced mainstreaming that was started in the mid 1980s. Remember back when the ACLU sued to make sure children whom had mental and severe social problems were "mainstreamed" into regular classes? Well I think that is the cause here. If it weren't a fun, Lanza would have used something else. A chainsaw perhaps.

    I remember when I was in High School and these severely retarded or whatnot kids were in the regular classes and anything set them off. Ever see a kid throw a desk across a room? I have. I bet anyone growing graduating high school since 1985 probably has seen one of these kids lose it.

    Adam Lanza was one of those kids and this is the result. He was a loner, on psychotropic drugs, played PS3 all day, had no friends and was someone who couldn't function in a normal social environment. I suspect bullying played a factor as well.

    But none of these things are the cause. According to the media, GUNS are. Well...they're not.
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