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I guess abusive partners and family members don't exist outside of America.
Most murders occur by firearm and it's not even close. We're in an arms race with each other to defend ourselves against all the guns that are causing our deaths. It's a dangerous spiral.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/195325/murder-victims-in-the-us-by-weapon-used/
And guns are part of the tools that abusers use in abusing:
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1089#_i8
A victim's access to firearms has little effect on their protection, but abuser's access consistently makes abuse worse for the victims.
It's fine to assume that victims need access to firearms for protection because on the surface it sounds sensible, but the data shows that firearm access is actually making abuse situations worse for the victims.
None of that has to do with me wanting a gun because an ex is crazy. Your privilege is real.
You sitting here mouthing off stats as if there isn't still an individual looking for protection. ONLy 5% live apart but fuck them and let's ignore the fact that many successfully defend themselves. Fuck those bitches.
Lol @ trying to invoke privilege when most people killed by DV are shot. Having access to guns doesn't save anyone. Fuck you for trying to manipulate people this way.
Again you are turning individuals into stats. A gun very much can and does save individuals.
Illegal Chinese fentanyl occasionally is used by people who are in pain, therefore it should be legally available without restrictions. That's your argument?
I, funny enough, don't have a single issue with your whataboutism and the removal of prohibited drugs. If an individual needs access to medicine they should be able to legally purchase it.
This is an analogy not whataboutism, you absolute donkey.
Whataboutism.
Do the stats not matter? We shouldn't legislate based on anecdotes