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I agree 100% that mental health and inner city problems need major attention.
But attempting to address both involve policies and actions which are more typical of what democrats offer. Sadly, when democrats propose things like national health care (mental and otherwise), republicans scream "socialism!" so it's no wonder progress is so slow.
But those are also off topic.
Mass shootings are rare, but they should be much, much rarer.
A few hundred people die per year from "mass shootings."
In a country of 333 million people.
They couldn't be more rare! They are just dramatized because they are used by people who want to infringe constitutional rights.
More people by miles die from simple handgun violence per year in Chicago than all "mass shootings" combined in the entire country.
The USA is the most civilized country in the world.
That was funny!
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Why in the world would you want to live in a society where only the "important" people have the privilege of defending their lives? Do you want to be a peasant?
What does this have to do with anything I said? Nothing.
What does this have to do with anything I said? Nothing.
1. Why is it funny? What's a more civilized country? Why do more people want to come here than anywhere else? Are you one of those USA-hating liberals? They seem pretty common.
2. It has everything to do with what you said. You are advocating for exactly that...a society in which the elite have guns and no one else. Ask the jews in Germany or american indians how that worked out.
A few hundred people die per year from "mass shootings."
In a country of 333 million people.
They couldn't be more rare!
No, you are trying to whitewash the problem because acknowledging that it is indeed a problem would mean examining your desire for free and easy gun ownership. What's really funny is that people like you constantly tell us how common "mass shootings" in the ghettos are, but when it comes to debating it in a thread about gun rights and ownership, all of a sudden they're a rare occurrence!
No, you are trying to whitewash the problem because acknowledging that it is indeed a problem would mean examining your desire for free and easy gun ownership. What's really funny is that people like you constantly tell us how common "mass shootings" in the ghettos are, but when it comes to debating it in a thread about gun rights and ownership, all of a sudden they're a rare occurrence!
You just said they should be more rare.
Literally, a few hundred people die per year from "mass shootings."
Waaaaaaaay more people die from urban gang war violence. Those are not the things that are dramatized on the news by the gun grabbers.
How much rarer do you think "mass shootings" could possibly get than a couple HUNDRED deaths out of 333 million people per year?
1. Why is it funny? What's a more civilized country?
Canada, Japan, most of Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand ... pretty much most OECD country is more civilized than the US. I even started a thread recently about one such city in one of those countries.
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Why do more people want to come here than anywhere else?
Because we are very welcoming to immigrants, and despite our many problems, we have an economy which is strong enough to absorb those immigrants.
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Are you one of those USA-hating liberals? They seem pretty common.
Ah yes, the predictable right wing tactic. Anybody who says the US has some problem and isn't perfect "hates" America.
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2. It has everything to do with what you said. You are advocating for exactly that...a society in which the elite have guns and no one else. Ask the jews in Germany or american indians how that worked out.
Literally, a few hundred people die per year from "mass shootings."
As I said, you are whitewashing the problem.
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Waaaaaaaay more people die from urban gang war violence. Those are not the things that are dramatized on the news by the gun grabbers.
"Gun grabbers" dramatize ghetto violence as evidence of a need for gun control all the time. If you've never noticed that they do, then you've never noticed anything.
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How much rarer do you think "mass shootings" could possibly get than a couple HUNDRED deaths out of 333 million people per year?
How about a couple DOZEN out of 333 million people per year?
Just checking ... Did the OP blame the 100+ mass shooting deaths during the span 2017 through 2020 on Trump?
No, but the media did.
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