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Sticking with facts can help cut through some of the hyperbole. The United States leads the world in incarcerations, with over 2 million people in prison, or roughly 25% o the world's total prison population. We also lead the world with the highest rate of incarceration based on per capita. The US also has over 120 guns owned per 100 people, nearly 3.5x those in Canada, and well over 4x most countries in Europe
Compared to, say, Canada we have more than 2x the number killed using guns; compared to the UK, nearly 20x. While guns may not kill people, people certainly use them to kill others. Just ask the parents in East Lansing, Uvalde, Parkland, Blacksburg, Columbine, and way too many other schools to count.
Sadly, arguing about gun violence and the senseless deaths in the US is likely a moot point. Without a constitutional amendment, nothing is likely to change. And there are too many who refuse to look objectively at the terrible harm gun violence does in the US and agree that something needs to change for an amendment to happen.
It's very possible that the US has a people problem, not a gun problem.
It's very possible that the US has a people problem, not a gun problem.
I suppose you are suggesting that we're "special" in regard to having many more violent people within our country compared to most of the world. It seems a long stretch to say the US has an order of magnitude higher violent criminals, but if we do then making guns readily available to them seems like a bad choice.
I suppose you are suggesting that we're "special" in regard to having many more violent people within our country compared to most of the world. It seems a long stretch to say the US has an order of magnitude higher violent criminals, but if we do then making guns readily available to them seems like a bad choice.
As I've said all along, I'm all for increased gun control as long as law-abiding citizens can still legally own some sort of firearm to protect themselves. That being said I'm *extremely* skeptical that it will prevent anyone who wants to get a gun illegally from getting a gun.
I don't think it's far-fetched at all to think that the US has a people problem. We have more single-parent households than any other country (80% of those are single mothers). We all have the third highest teenage pregnancy rate in the world. It all starts at home with the parents.
Add to that the debacle that is social media (I realize social media use is prevalent around the world), and you have even more of a mess.
Getting rid of guns is not the answer. Way too late for that. Criminals won't give them up anyway now so whats the point of trying? Nothing is working now but something should be done. Make ammunition too expensive to use maybe lol
Claiming that the problem is single parent households is ignoring the easy access to guns. Let's stop buying into NRA propaganda that gun regulations won't work.
Claiming that the problem is single parent households is ignoring the easy access to guns. Let's stop buying into NRA propaganda that gun regulations won't work.
Claiming the problem is guns is ignoring many other issues. At least I'm willing to look at both sides.
So teenage pregnancy and single mothers are the problems?
Part of the problem yes. Amongst other things, as I mentioned social media, normalization of violence, bad parenting in general, etc.
Instead of challenging what I say and nothing else, why not tell us why you think those aren’t part of the problem? Tell us what you think the problem is, do you think it’s just guns?
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