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School shootings are an extremely tiny minority among shootings in the US. They just get a lot of attention.

• seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  That’s true. But high school student suicide by gun is much more common.
  • usrn 4y ago
    If kids are trying to kill themselves it's not the guns that are the problem. I'd argue telling them constantly that they're horrible or incapable for being their race is probably closer to the real problem since that seems to cause a lot of other mental illnesses as well.
    • seanmcdirmid 4y ago
      Guns make it really easy for kids and adults to make split decisions and follow through with it without making a mistake. They make suicide incredibly accessible, where otherwise committing suicide would be much more difficult in terms of skills, effort, planning, etc… The same people who are against gun control are also against social spending on mental health. So it’s not really a problem they want to focus on, even though it disportionstebly affects them (Wyoming is number 1 or 2 for gun violence, but it is almost all suicide).
  • boppo1 4y ago
    If the gun control people were to make this their foundational argument/prevention goal, I would be way more inclined to consider their suggestions. As it stands, they're burning all their political capital on trying to ban high capacity semiautomatic rifles. Even if they were to succeed, which they won't*, it wouldn't even dent gun deaths in the US. I really can't wrap my head around why that is the basis of the gun control platform. It makes every point they make seem manipulative and disingenuous. What are their goals? I can hardly think of any without looking toward borderline conspiracies, which I refuse to do. Are you* gonna sign up for confiscation detail? I bet the SWAT guys aren't.