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> constructive ways the Democrats could be better Reorient the gun control efforts around the statistical realities of how guns are actually killing the most p
by boppo1 4y ago
> constructive ways the Democrats could be better
Reorient the gun control efforts around the statistical realities of how guns are actually killing the most people. Throwing away all their political capital on banning semiautomatic rifles, in a ‘maximum success’ outcome, would prevent something like 2% of all firearm related deaths. I did some napkin math a couple months ago and children are more likely to die of leukemia than in a school shooting. No doubt school shootings indicate a moral failure in our society, but if you wanna budget out your political capital to do the most good, that’s not the place to look.
Drop the attacks on 2A and watch how much wind you take out of Republican sails. Dems love talking about how racist the Republicans are, but stick an AR15 in a Black woman’s hands for a photo op and boom she’s elected. Have someone run on a slogan “tax the rich and don’t take my fucking guns”. See what happens.
Disclosure: I don’t own guns, have never owned guns, and don’t really expect to.
- preseinger 4y agoEvery human being in the world understands that guns are a clear threat to civil society, except for this bizarre hyperminority of americans who seem to stuck in some anachronistic fantasy universe. Move on.
- iinnPP 4y agoEvery human in the world agrees on precisely nothing.
- preseinger 4y ago
- concordDance 4y agoDon't the Swiss and Canadians have similar gun numbers? Most of the murders are due to gang violence, school shootings and the like are a rounding error.
- preseinger 4y agoNo, they do not.