Mass shootings have become a recurrent tragedy in the United States. This paper examines these incidents from a Jungian perspective. While much of the discourse around mass shootings surrounds finger-pointing and the gun control debate, making meaningful action and legislation untenable, my aim is to look deeper, reflecting on what may be amiss in both the individual and collective psyche. The symbolic meaning of the gun specific to American history and culture is amplified, and the role the gun continues to play as a cultural and political symbol. The author posits that mass shootings point to an archetypal possession, the constellation of both a cultural and personal gun complex, where shadow aspects of ourselves, including power, rage, and aggression, become enacted with destructive and fatal consequences. The trend of mass shootings is investigated from a mythopoetic standpoint, using the myth Ares to further explore this phenomenon. The author also examines the necessity of owning our shadow side, namely our power, rage, and aggression, both personally and collectively. In this work comes the importance of connecting with the positive creative potential of the inner gun.

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找到你内心的枪：关于大规模枪击和美国枪支文化的荣格观点

大规模枪击事件已成为美国反复发生的悲剧。本文从荣格的角度考察了这些事件。虽然围绕大规模枪击事件的大部分讨论都围绕着指责和枪支管制辩论，使有意义的行动和立法站不住脚，但我的目标是更深入地研究，反思个人和集体心理中可能存在的问题。枪支特定于美国历史和文化的象征意义被放大，枪支继续作为文化和政治象征发挥作用。作者假设大规模枪击事件指向一种典型的财产，一种文化和个人枪支复合体的星座，我们自己的阴影方面，包括权力、愤怒和侵略，被制定为具有破坏性和致命的后果。从神话的角度研究大规模枪击事件的趋势，使用神话阿瑞斯进一步探索这一现象。作者还研究了拥有我们的阴影面的必要性，即我们个人和集体的力量、愤怒和侵略。在这项工作中，重要的是与内在枪的积极创造潜力联系起来。