The president demanded Congress renew the federal assault weapons ban that his Republican rival has rejected
  • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Canada and Sweden still have a lot of guns but considerably lower rates of violence in general, and gun violence in particular.

    • GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      And way, way lower gun ownership rates compared to the US. Plus very strict rules for owning a weapon, such as storage.

      • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        This is a strange angle because the UK does not have notably higher levels of knife ownership but has a disproportionately high level of stabbings.

        I think the idea that the cause of gun violence is guns is just flawed. People need a reason to commit violence, they don’t just do it for fun.