Should Gunshot Victim Photos Be Published? (1 Viewer)

It might sway opinion on the idea of stricter gun laws, but I wouldn't say with would change the idea of the damage a particular gun can do. The power of an AR is well-known. There's no doubt images can sway public opinion, but I'm not so sure it's going to matter about a specific gun.

I agree with @Optimus Prime . We "know" the damage, but we don't sense the damage: we don't see it, we don't smell it...

Have you ever seen a person burn? The skin peeling off? The screams? The convulsions? The smell of burning flesh? I am sure we all "know" what that would look like... I'd think most people have felt the effect of fire on their flesh, even if just touching a hot surface, and/or seen the effects of fire on flesh from various degrees of burning; we see in movies/TV people burning (which may or may not be accurate)... but when you see it in front of you, smell it, hear it, then you really, really know.

Remember the image below? The outrage it generated?

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As for guns, I don't think the idea is to change opinions on one particular gun, but to create enough outrage that lawmakers are compelled to do something, anything more that what they are doing today; at the very least strip the NRA of its influence.
 
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I agree with @Optimus Prime . We "know" the damage, but we don't sense the damage: we don't see it, we don't smell it...

Have you ever seen a person burn? The skin peeling off? The screams? The convulsions? The smell of burning flesh? I am sure we all "know" what that would look like... I'd think most people have felt the effect of fire on their flesh, even if just touching a hot surface, and/or seen the effects of fire on flesh from various degrees of burning; we see in movies/TV people burning (which may or may not be accurate)... but when you see it in front of you, smell it, hear it, then you really, really know.

Remember the image below? The outrage it generated?

1701705888817.png

As for guns, I don't think the idea is to change opinions on one particular gun, but to create enough outrage that lawmakers are compelled to do something, anything more that what they are doing today; at the very least strip the NRA of its influence.
I agree with that 100%. And, yeah, I actually have seen all that.
 
i think this is correct
it would have both positive and adverse effect
it would def be overused, but it might move people to understand the toll of violence more immediately

but i also think the vast majority of the public will self-censor - i avoid pictures of death or even 'bad' violence - i always turn away from images of 9/11, i don't go to 'those' pages on reddit
but then plenty would flock to those images and will look on it like death porn

but maybe it's unavoidable - i think we'll continue the drift to more of an image based or infused media environment.
right now crime scene images are usually some police tape in foreground, a few squad cars, some uniformed cops talking and maybe a grieving relative or friend or two
actual photos of actual content would have way more impact
i think about the effect of witnessing violence a lot (maybe it's because i read a lot of history books). It's interesting me that 500 years ago, people would see, witness, and deal with so much more death than we do now. But i agree that with the advent of technology and the internet, we're seeing a lot more of it now than we did the entire 1900s.
 
i think about the effect of witnessing violence a lot (maybe it's because i read a lot of history books). It's interesting me that 500 years ago, people would see, witness, and deal with so much more death than we do now. But i agree that with the advent of technology and the internet, we're seeing a lot more of it now than we did the entire 1900s.
I wonder what the change was
At first blush I would guess the World Wars, but I should probably think in that some more
 

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