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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan
I am not sure you actually read the links.
In any case, it is in fact true that the US does not lead the world in mass shootings. the exact place we hold in the list depends on how you arrange the numbers (per capital, numbers killed, etc.) but in almost any way you analyze the data there are in fact much more dangerous places in the world. But, also, on a per capita basis (which is how it is often reported) countries with small populations will tend to be higher in the list with fewer shootings. It also depends on what you call a "mass shooting" - how many people killed by how many people, and why.
All that being said, I don't see it as significant. tell the families and children of the dead at any of the shootings here that they are safer here than they would be somewhere else, I expect you will receive a fairly incredulous glare in return.
We in fact have a problem. The problem is getting worse. We need to find a solution that we all can live with. We the people.
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And while we are at it, we need to address the 68,000, that is correct, sixty-eight thousand people that died last year, 2018, from illegal drug overdose in the United States. This is despite laws that make it illegal to sell and to buy drugs to make yourself high, to make your thoughts disordered. Perhaps we should start taking guns away from people who have ever been caught with illegal drugs. I think most people would stand behind that. Oh wait. Felony possession of drugs does not allow the felon to own a gun. Watch one hour of live P.D. on A&E and see how many guns are found on people with illegal drugs. Maybe we should think of something else. Maybe if people who did not have much money were given money by the government from a fund taken from people who worked hard all of their lives. AND from some rich jerks who just woke up and found it or worked 14-16 hours a day at a high paying very stressful job?
Complex issues are not easy to solve, but are often averted by moral parents making sacrifices to be with their children when they are small and being tough on their tots when they steal, lie, and do all of the things little humans do.
This post won't last long. Good morning everyone. It is a beautiful day in The Villages where the large majority of folks agree with what I just said.
deaths in the u.s. due to overdose in 2018 - Bing
Disclaimer. I don't own a gun.