Somewhat sideways to the topic of gun violence,
netmouse pointed me to an interesting article on gender and violence. Here it is: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-katz/men-gender-gun-violence_b_2308522.html -- go read it, think about it, and you can come back and tell us what you think about the gendering of violent tendencies.
EDITED TO ADD: Apropos to this topic: Bushmaster's "Man Card" campaign for the rifle used at Newton. The campaign has since been taken down from their website (which does show some compassion on their part), but buzzfeed has captures from it: http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/bushmasters-shockingly-awful-man-card-campaign
EDITED TO ADD: Apropos to this topic: Bushmaster's "Man Card" campaign for the rifle used at Newton. The campaign has since been taken down from their website (which does show some compassion on their part), but buzzfeed has captures from it: http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/bushmasters-shockingly-awful-man-card-campaign
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