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> That's where the mass shooters evidently come from. Bollocks. European teenagers watch just as much porn and play GTA at age 10 and yet we don't end up havin
by mschuster91 4mo ago
> That's where the mass shooters evidently come from.
Bollocks. European teenagers watch just as much porn and play GTA at age 10 and yet we don't end up having 12 children a day die from gun violence [1].
Note, I'm not an anti-gun nut, I think German and British anti-gun laws are ridiculously strict. But the American way of dealing with guns is equally bad.
[1] https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/resources/gun-violence-facts/ https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/resources/gun-violence-fact...
- technothrasher 3mo ago> we don't end up having 12 children a day die from gun violence Note that this definition of "children" includes ages up 24 years old. Not that the US doesn't have a gun violence problem, but pretending 24 year olds are "children" in order to gain a better sound bite doesn't help anybody.
- imtringued 3mo agoIf you look at the actual statistics there are 1300 annual homicides killing children which amounts to 3.5 children + teenagers a day. Then there are gun suicides which I would not count as gun violence, amounting to another 3.5 children + teenagers a day.