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> The idea that “getting shot in the head” is a mysterious phenomenon that needs intense sociological research is so utterly fucking insane that it’s hard to br

> The idea that “getting shot in the head” is a mysterious phenomenon that needs intense sociological research is so utterly fucking insane that it’s hard to breathe. > It’s the shooters. It’s the shooters. It’s the shooters. The phenomenon exists because the criminals exist and are not imprisoned in every town in America for reasons that range from the deranged to the sinister. Did I do it right?

sorethescore 4y ago
That’s nice, but what are they shooting? Peas? Water? I’m curious.
- Georgelemental 4y ago
  > That's nice, but who is doing the shooting? Dogs? Potted plants? I'm curious. We could do this all day.
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makerofthings 4y ago
In the uk, we realised it was the people and not the guns. We also saw that you can’t stop people being unreliable and dangerous, but we can get rid of the guns. We did, and we’re better for it.
- stuckinhell 4y ago
  The UK is island nation with controlled borders. America is the size of continental Europe. In America a rocket launcher was found near a elementary school in California. Rocket Launchers are highly illegal. We have a massive amount of illegal weapons coming from south of the border. That's Obama had a big scandal called the fast and furious (https://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/obama-relents-in-fight-over-fast-and-furious-documents-221741 https://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/obama-relents-in-figh...). The illegal guns they sold the cartel were coming back over the border and being used in crimes.
arghandugh 4y ago
No, you got it entirely wrong on purpose. Maybe don’t do that.
e_i_pi_2 4y ago
We have one of highest (or the highest) incarceration rates in the world, we have 4% of the world population but 20% of the prison population[1]. If the solution was putting people in jail then we'd have the lowest rate, so it's gotta be something else [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_incarceration_rate_with_other_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_in...
- ajhurliman 4y ago
  We have a pretty low rate of disappearing people, compared to China, Russia, etc. which might explain the prison situation.
  - e_i_pi_2 4y ago
    Possibly, but you'd need some big evidence for that, it would need to be a huge population that was hidden from the world in order to make up for the difference. Population stats are pretty hard to hide, so "disappeared" people would count towards the incarceration stats This is also compared to every other country, so to explain the discrepancy then it would have to be something every country does more than the US
- Georgelemental 4y ago
  Putting killers in jail is working wonders for El Salvador, they went from highest murder rate in the world to safer than US in a few years.

sorethescore 4y ago

That’s nice, but what are they shooting? Peas? Water? I’m curious.

Georgelemental 4y ago
> That's nice, but who is doing the shooting? Dogs? Potted plants? I'm curious. We could do this all day.
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makerofthings 4y ago

In the uk, we realised it was the people and not the guns. We also saw that you can’t stop people being unreliable and dangerous, but we can get rid of the guns. We did, and we’re better for it.

stuckinhell 4y ago
The UK is island nation with controlled borders. America is the size of continental Europe. In America a rocket launcher was found near a elementary school in California. Rocket Launchers are highly illegal. We have a massive amount of illegal weapons coming from south of the border. That's Obama had a big scandal called the fast and furious (https://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/obama-relents-in-fight-over-fast-and-furious-documents-221741 https://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/obama-relents-in-figh...). The illegal guns they sold the cartel were coming back over the border and being used in crimes.

arghandugh 4y ago

No, you got it entirely wrong on purpose. Maybe don’t do that.

e_i_pi_2 4y ago

We have one of highest (or the highest) incarceration rates in the world, we have 4% of the world population but 20% of the prison population[1]. If the solution was putting people in jail then we'd have the lowest rate, so it's gotta be something else [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_incarceration_rate_with_other_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_in...

ajhurliman 4y ago
We have a pretty low rate of disappearing people, compared to China, Russia, etc. which might explain the prison situation.
- e_i_pi_2 4y ago
  Possibly, but you'd need some big evidence for that, it would need to be a huge population that was hidden from the world in order to make up for the difference. Population stats are pretty hard to hide, so "disappeared" people would count towards the incarceration stats This is also compared to every other country, so to explain the discrepancy then it would have to be something every country does more than the US
Georgelemental 4y ago
Putting killers in jail is working wonders for El Salvador, they went from highest murder rate in the world to safer than US in a few years.