• thoughtorgan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People love to point the fingers at the tool used to do evil things. Instead of addressing why the evil thing is happening.

    Banning and restricting guns is a band aid solution that harms the general populace more than it benefits.

    Bad actors that want to inflict harm are not concerned with using something legal to get the job done. There will always be inventive whackos out there that will find ways to hurt people. Guns or no guns.

    The Swiss have almost the same firearm to people ratio as America ( at least compared to the rest of the world ) and under have far fewer of the same issues. I think this is largely because of cultural differences and availability for healthcare.

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      1 year ago

      Weird how the US is literally the only first world country with this problem. No way it has anything to do with the ease of access to guns!

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        I wonder if there are any other differences in America from other first-world countries? Maybe it’s the availability of swimming pools? Or too many McDonalds? Or maybe there are numerous social issues that are unaddressed here in the states and have been responsible for a much higher incidence of violence in general, of which guns are a small part.

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          There’s violent and unhinged people in every country. The difference is the guns… it couldn’t be anymore fucking obvious lol