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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rbabbs" data-source="post: 3256229" data-attributes="member: 111438">I suspect, but have no evidence whatsoever, that the root of the problem is tied up with notions of American freedom, which becomes the American dream, then one's rights(to bear arms to defend oneself etc); then when it all goes sour; some individuals and situations arise in tragedy.This is a very simplified picture, but pretending that there is not a problem will not solve this aspect of American society and its collective psyche.</blockquote>