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[–] PizzaMan@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

At least with a knife, you can't mow down a room full of people. Here in the U.S. dozens of people can be killed in a short time by a single person due to guns. We give them out like candy.

Both access to guns (force multiplier) and the underlying issue (poverty, lack of social mobility, etc) need to be addressed.

[–] LazyBane@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, yeah. I'll take your word on the issue of US gun control.

However, if we want to tackle both these issues it's probably a bad habit to redirect the conversation to gun control when we are talking about the motivations a situations that are generating the violent outbursts to begin with, since gun control gets a hell of alot more talk anyway, while societal issues keep getting pushed away from the collective spotlight, and are usally coming from underprivileged postions that stuggle to get a word in to begin with.

[–] PizzaMan@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I agree, which is why I usually bring up both when it makes sense to do so.

[–] jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I wasn't aware candy required going through a background check and being a legal adult.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

I guess I've been trick or treating in the wrong neighborhoods...