The Importance of Immaturity in Violence

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The most likely time to be attacked in the most likely age for your attacker will be between the ages of 17 and 22. At about half of what we see, especially when we see shootings, 50% are fatherless young men murdering other fatherless young boys over issues of status. The only short term solution is more police and locking up repeat offenders because it's a small percentage of that population that continually repeats the same crimes but long term I think we need to have a conversation about why that's happening.

Shermer and Thornton discuss: aggression: passive, proactive, reactive, relational • moralistic punishment and the game theory analysis of the logic of violence • gun violence (homicide, suicide, accidents) • violence against women/children • male-on-male violence • alcohol, drugs, infidelity • race • self-control • training soldiers • male role models • Rodney King, Michael Brown, George Floyd • police violence • bullying • fatherless homes • rape and sexual violence • self-defense.

Matt Thornton has been teaching functional martial arts for more than thirty years and holds a 5th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. His organization, Straight Blast Gym, has more than seventy locations worldwide and has produced champion MMA fighters as well as world-class self-defense and law enforcement instructors. He lives with his wife Salome and their five children in Portland, Oregon. His new book is The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World.