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It's easy to be a "savior" when most around you are just dumb and blind by choice. Aint no noble savior title in it though, mostly scorn. Most WANT to be deaf, dumb and blind, as long as they get their one or two issues addressed, or nodded at. Then some do listen, sometimes, maybe listen enough to at least put some time into checking things out for themselves. That's half the battle right there, and even more so in recent years as it seems all my fellow countrymen have some form of ADD staring into their cellphones linked to narcissistic farcebook oblivious to the world around them. But I don't just write like that to encourage you to check things out for yourself, but there is an exchange of information and ideas going on with those that are in the know, even if you don't recognize it (i.e. my words are public and I know it). The world stopped revolving around you when your parents graduated you out of your crib [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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Gun ownership statistics are easily accessible to anyone who can google and read more than a few paragraphs of a scholarly article before getting confused. And the lions share of guns are owned by those at higher socioeconomic levels. IIRC there's like 3x as many firearms owned by people of ~middle-class and higher as there are at or below the poverty line (per capita)... and it's not just raw number but also number of households that's much different between poor and middle-class and up. But despite that, the lower socioeconomic levels commit a disproportionately high amount of gun violence... even though they don't have nearly as many guns. So there you have it. Guns aren't the problem, proven by the fact that people who are decently-well-off (or better) own a shitload of guns and don't do many bad things with them. And the biggest "bad thing" they do with them is shoot themselves (like 2/3 of firearm deaths are suicides). Accidental firearm deaths? It's only like 600-700 per year. The same as the number of civilians who die in structure fires caused by lit tobacco products every year (not to mention firefighter deaths, hundreds of millions in damage, second hand smoke issues, etc... but the left goes berserk over a 14-year-old accidentally shot by his dad even though this other issue is objectively worse for society). Other accidental death sources? Poisoning: 30,000+ per year. Falling: 30,000+ per year. The US needs to fix the systems and the mindsets that create cultures/areas/etc that are lacking in education and employment opportunities... AND the will to pursue them. | |||
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