• weeeeum@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Gun laws are ineffective. There is zero correlation between gun deaths and strictness of gun laws. Despite limits and bans of short barreled rifles, “assault weapons”, machine guns, etc, gun deaths have continually increased.

    Gun bans are only effective where there already isn’t violence, at which point it’s redundant.

    I believe the culprits behind widespread American violence are high rates of youth delinquency and gang related criminal activity.

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      4 days ago

      The culprits are an extremely broken social safety net, crumbling education infrastructure and institutional racism.