You can tell the health of a society by the health of it's members. The problems aren't gun violence or abortion. Gun violence and abortion are both forms of violence. Both satisfy narcissistic desires. Both are symptoms of a sickness that's rampant in our society.
The BLM 'movement' legitimized Burning, Looting and Murder by even the highest among the political and legal members of our society who showed their support of BLM in many ways and continue to this day. Where is justice for the shop and home owners who got burned out? Where is justice for the people who were injured and killed during the 'demonstrations'? When simple justice is perverted deliberately by such a large percentage of a society, there is a rampant and deadly sickness.
I keep remembering what Abraham Lincoln said; "What you see in your schools today, you will see in your government in 20 years." That just keeps getting scarier and scarier each year. I've seen over 60 years of change, and very little in our political and judicial systems give me much confidence. Science is advancing. Technology is advancing. But as a society, we keep regressing as narcissism grows and divisions grow.
Look at all the countries who have outlawed guns, their gun violence has dropped dramatically, just as bombings, arson, bludgeoning and other forms of deadly violence have grown. There was half serious chatter about what to do about knife violence in Great Briton not long ago.
Plug one hole in the dam against violence and another hole will form until the problems with the dam are addressed.
