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The solution of gun issue is more guns
No wonder the solution of poverty is also more poverty
That’s as American as it gets
Yes, and the solution to drugs is to ban them...wait no ....uhh the solution to alcoholics is to ban alcohol...shit.
Seriously, our society needs to be fixed. There are 450+ million firearms in civ hands, if we had a gun problem you'd know about it.
Many countries have guns and I tell you the big secret: it is not about the numbers, it is about reducing a certain types and the number of people waving them around
No one needs an “assault” rifle to “defend” themselves on a daily basis. A hunting rifle is for useful in hunting area, no one needs one in the car when they are sending their kids to school. If that is the case, you are at war and you should just migrate
Having semi/automatic weapons around is just going to arm that person at a bad day to do lot of damage. And fuel a civilian arm race which only benefits the weapon companies
No one has automatic weapons. And no one has assault weapons. Semi autos make up around 95% of all firearms in the USA. Most gun homicides are done with handguns. And all rifles combined make up around 3% homicides a year, that includes your "assault weapons" which average about 50-100 deaths a year with them.
The USA has 450+ million in civ hands. It's absolutely about the numbers.