# Don't we have an obligation as a society to look at ways to curb gun violence?

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**Created:** [November 23, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-we-have-an-obligation-as-a-society-to-look-at-ways-to-curb-gun-violence/641871 "2012-11-23T04:16:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-we-have-an-obligation-as-a-society-to-look-at-ways-to-curb-gun-violence/641871/361 "2012-12-22T00:49:09Z")

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> There is no such thing as ‘allowed’ in politics, Marley. The Dems haven’t wanted to discuss this politically because they had spent years hammering gun owners on this when it was politically acceptable and appealing for them to do so, until recently when it wasn’t and the worm turned.

“Recently,” of course, meaning 10 or 15 years ago. But I’m not just talking politics here. I think there’s plenty of room for common ground on this issue (how many people think the gun show loophole is reasonable? Don’t surveys show the NRA’s position is out of step with the views of a lot of its members?) but nothing doing.

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> I never said to take it off the table…

You didn’t, no. But it’s not hard to find people saying we should look at every option except gun legislation. The NRA, for example, made their security guard suggestion and said kids are exposed to too much violence through movies and video games. Nothing else came to mind.

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