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There is no "epidemic" of "gun violence". While the U.S. murder rate did increase somewhat in the COVID years, it is still significantly below its peak in the

• ygjb 3y ago
  Sure, perhaps I shouldn't have been so figurative. The level of endemic gun violence in the United States is deeply alarming to basically all of it's other peer nations and allies. The fact that the level of gun violence is "on the decline" doesn't change the fact that there is still a shocking amount of gun violence in the United States, or the fact that an increasing number of Americans want restrictions or some form of gun control.
  • Turing_Machine 3y ago
    > the fact that an increasing number of Americans want restrictions or some form of gun control. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Right_to_Carry%2C_timeline.gif https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Right_to... Doesn't look like it to me.