Who's to blame? Guns? or people?

[Amish_Danish]

Who should i be angry at? people? or the way they are brought up?!

A famliy member, who im very close to, over the past 3 years, has nearly died 3 times. He is a very, very humble guy, thoughtful and out going. he DOESNT dress in hoodies and baggy jeans, and has never been involed in gangs, drugs and guns.

But yet because he dresses smartly and has a limited number of friends.
hes been stabbed, shot at, and neary beaten to death!!

bad things happen to good people, doesnt any1 believe that? cos i do.

[sense4all]

I think that you are right it is possible for bad things happen to good people.
I am an 'interferer' if I see stuff going on in the streets my kids and Husband are always p.o'd when I later report, I got in the middle of teenage boys rucking in the street etc. I always work on the principle that whenever I have needed help ( REAL HELP ) there has always been someone who has stepped in so I like to repay the favour. I would want someone to to assist my kids and not turn a blind eye.Sometimes you can just be in the wrong place with the wrong people. I applaud your friend for daring to be different and not settling to the lowest common denominator.

[natalie_1982]

Seems a bit odd that he has been randomly attacked completely out of the blue on so many occassions. He must be a very unlucky guy. Where has he been and what was he doing during each of these attacks? How did he get caught up in three seperate incidents? What have the police and courts done about it? If he nearly died, surely there could reasonably be three seperate attempted murder cases at court?

I'd just like to say though that wearing hoodies or baggy jeans doesn't mean that the person wearing them deserves to be stabbed, shot or beaten up, and because your relative dresses smartly and has few friends means that he should be any safer than someone who chooses wears jeans and a hooded sweatshirt and has many friends?

As for your question, I would say depending on the circumstances of each incident, would depend on who you might feel anger towards.

[mrrsjn1919]

OBJECT IS NOT THE PROBLEM, PEOPLE ARE, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIER ACTIONS, NOT THE OBJECTS!.
It is men who makes the objects,not the onjects who make themselves.
Humans are very talented and they should be proud of the gifts they were bless with, but if they insist on making all these dangerous objects for humans to kill and damage each other, the answer is NO,IT IS PEOPLE who are to blame!