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> Growing up here myself didn’t prepare me for how distinctly, viscerally frightening it would be to raise children in a gun-obsessed nation. All arguments asi
by JustSomeNobody 11y ago
> Growing up here myself didn’t prepare me for how distinctly, viscerally frightening it would be to raise children in a gun-obsessed nation.
All arguments aside, this is just... really? I mean, come on.
- agarden 11y agoI am a bit baffled by the terror-stricken tone of the article, summed up in this sentence. I live in Appalachia. I hear shooting on almost every nice day. I am playing outside in the yard with my toddlers and the neighbors are shooting things. I don't even think about it.
- pnut 11y agoJust don't piss them off while they're drunk.
- lukeasrodgers 11y agoAs a Canadian raising a small child in America, I echo the sentiment expressed by the author. It may be slightly irrational (e.g. statistically I should be more afraid of my kid getting hit by a car), but I don't think the author is just intentionally sensationalizing. When you don't grow up around guns, and regularly hear news stories about kids accidentally or intentionally shooting each other/family members, it is quite concerning. EDIT I deleted a line about poor healthcare in America being a greater risk than guns because it was not necessary to the point I was making and possibly inflammatory.