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minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoIf America didn’t have guns it would still have massacres. Something like driving into crowds or taking sharp objects into public spaces. Removing guns is like taking shoe laces in the psyche ward - it isn’t solving a problem but making other opportunities more apparent.
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·2 days agoNot really. Plenty of places have high gun counts without the high violence count. There’s something wrong with us, specifically.
America has a gun crisis
If America didn’t have guns it would still have massacres. Something like driving into crowds or taking sharp objects into public spaces.
Removing guns is like taking shoe laces in the psyche ward - it isn’t solving a problem but making other opportunities more apparent.
Harder to pull off, though?
Not really. Plenty of places have high gun counts without the high violence count. There’s something wrong with us, specifically.