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An excellent treatment of the issues.
If I might add... I think locus of control theory has a lot to do with it.
Locus of control theory is basically the extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them.
I would think those that have a strong internal locus would be for firearm ownership, while those with an external locus would be against it.
That sounds really interesting. I've never read on this, but I think I'd like to learn more about it.
Its awesome that you mention Edward O. Wilson because he's the only person, besides Fromm, who I know who uses the biophilious thesis, although I dont know if its the same way as Fromm and I know that the reverence for life theory amounts to something the same.
I dont think that gun ownership is necessarily necrophilious at all, just that it could be, commodity fetishising goes way beyond guns and you could be necrophilious in your love of cars or property more than people but guns are a special case because it seems like for some the new american dream is spree killing, finally putting a gun to its intended use and enjoying it and damn the victims.
I've never read Fromm, but I enjoyed Wilson's work.
I think I get what you're saying about some people connecting the new American dream with spree killing, but I have no background knowledge to come to such a conclusion.
Perhaps both of you would like to elaborate more on the particulars of these theories?
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