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Sovreign_grounds t1_j6otzhy wrote

What lies? That guns are the leading cause of death among children and teens? Or how about if you take out homicides related to firearms the US is exponentially closer to the homicide rate of the European countries that have restricted access to firearms?

European countries average around 1 homicide per 100k population, the US currently averages around 5 per 100k population, and without firearms the US would be down around 2 homicides per 100k population.

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bigfeeetz OP t1_j6ouhhb wrote

"a 9mm can blow the lung out of the body" let me find that dumb one about how fast an AR 15s bullet can go, then a couple others i forgot. one sec.

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Sovreign_grounds t1_j6ovgks wrote

The fuck are you talking about? You think some random offhand statements about the exact capabilities means that the government as a monolith don't understand that guns are deadly?

Firearms are deadly. All of them. Never point a gun at something you don't intend to destroy.

Again, firearms are the leading cause of death among children and teens in America.

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bigfeeetz OP t1_j6ow17l wrote

suicides mostly, what take it away and let them kill themselves with knifes? im not saying that the government does not know that guns are deadly, im saying they are handling it horribly

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Sovreign_grounds t1_j6oz82f wrote

Guns are instant and assumed to be relatively painless. That's why they are the preffered method for suicide. Same reason they are the preferred method for homicide. So having increased access to guns does increase the suicide rate.

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