The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for November 02, 2024
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Transcript:
Huey: You seen that "grand theft auto" game? Caesar: Yeah. My mom won't let me play it, though. Huey: My granddad decided to let Riley play it if they play it together. It's not really working out, though... Granddad: Have a taste of this Uzi, Mr. Policeman!! You'll never catch granddaddy!!
It was much easier to get a gun when I was a kid (you could order one through the Sears catalog, for one thing); most of my friends owned at least one or two before we hit jr. high, and the high school parking lot was full of pick-ups with gun racks.
Mass shootings were almost unheard of. So what’s different today?
2 things:
1) 24/7 bullying because parents think every kid _needs- a stupidphone, and
2) even more impactfull, first-person-shooter video games.