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it's such an insane american belief that the answer to safety is not: reduce gun amounts, reduce what guns people can buy, improve mental health counseling, imp
by kanbara 1y ago
it's such an insane american belief that the answer to safety is not: reduce gun amounts, reduce what guns people can buy, improve mental health counseling, improve healthcare, improve quality of life through cheaper housing and well-paying jobs, but instead the copout which doesn't even work--adding armed police outside of every school.
uvalde called, it doesn't work. and the rest of the world looks on in shame at this exceptionally american and exceptionally cruel system.
- bb88 1y agoTo be fair, it wasn't just Uvalde. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Scot_Peterson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Scot_Peterson https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parkland-shooting-verdict-jury-reaches-decision-scot-peterson-rcna91145 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parkland-shooting-verdi... We assume that the police will come to the rescue for all situations, but the fact is, they're human too. This is typically different than the pro-gun mantra of "The best defense from a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." He was clearly a good guy. But he didn't want to die.