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  • So are my children less valuable than other kids?

    Of course that’s not what I mean.

    But everything you describe are just bandaid solutions that won’t solve the problem.

    Getting guns, all guns, out of the hands of citizens will help reduce suicides, protect domestic violence victims, and effectively eliminate the deaths resulting from misuse of firearms because they won’t have them in the first place.

    The exceptions should be certain hunting rifles only if you meet extremely stringent criteria and remain limited to a certain number of round purchases per year. Those requirements could very easily include stipulations about dangerous wildlife in your area.


  • Honestly, I think it’s mostly fear.

    Rightly so, because you could get shot just for coming across some idiot who’s having a bad day.

    There are no “practical” uses for a gun that come up often enough in people’s lives to outnumber the needless death from misuse, or purposeful murder.

    Since 2007, there have been less than 500 justifiable homicides per year in the US. And that includes all means of defense. So it’s a myth that gun owners are somehow more responsible for their own safety. People just aren’t using guns for self defense. You know what they are using them for? Murder.

    So the people who defend gun ownership are the ones shunting personal responsibility to protect themselves and their communities.

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/251894/number-of-justifiable-homicides-in-the-us/