So, Marcus. You would make no changes in things as they are? Note that both Australia and Scotland have made changes in gun deaths recently by making changes in gun laws. N
-----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcus G. Daniels Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] How to avoid shootings Hi, When it comes to gun control and parents, does the government try to cross-examine parents seeking purchase of weapons to be sure their remarks about their children are sufficiently detached and analytical? Do we expect parents to know the inner lives of their introverted children, and even adult children? The hopes by and expectations of parents seem counter to an honest assessment of an odd child, especially in upper-middle class Connecticut. It seems Nancy Lanza did have a basic misapprehension of her son. If she didn't she would have known it was inappropriate to have such efficient weapons in the house. I think the kind of cultural change that would be needed to identify cases like Adam Lanza would, in general, be considered too intrusive and rejected by most Americans. It would involve, I expect, that apparently introverted kids would receive psychological assessments, and that those assessments, would need to be actionable without parental consent. Like most school assessments, they would discourage any subtle judgement by the fraction of teachers capable of the task. Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
