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Fourth of July overshadowed by 16 mass shootings across US (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by HowRu68@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] Raphael@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Part 1:

No they are not

Part 2:

It’s all a mix of the second ammendment, their interpretation & execution of that law, a dominant military and guns lobby system (Billionaire$); people loving their guns, no access to good (mental) health care, which allthogether is holding their country hostage, imho.

LOL

[-] Dr_Duckless@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

He is not that wrong, after all switzerland to have guns and they control it with ease. They even celebrate a gun festival. where children practice shooting.

[-] Raphael@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

New York has more people than Switzerland.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago

That's why we use per capita for statistics like this. It doesn't matter who has more people if you adjust for population. Now, you could argue density is the problem, but in less dense places in the US the rate is even higher, so...

[-] Raphael@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Excellent mental gymnastics, color me impressed. You've almost made me think Switzerland is the USA.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Excellent nothing argument. Would you care to explain why the US couldn't have a gun culture like Switzerland if it's not due to population density or population size?