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Conservative America has far more gun deaths than liberal America, study finds A comprehensive new study breaks down how firearm deaths correlate to pro- or anti-gun control politics A horrific recent trend of mass shootings has severely polarized Americans on the topic of firearms. At the center of this heated controversy lies the policy question of gun control: Should the government impose restrictions on firearms and other dangerous weapons to protect the public? Conservatives turn to the Second Amendment to argue that the Constitution's right to bear arms is sacred; liberals will argue that conservatives are misinterpreting the Second Amendment and that gun control policies have been proven to save lives. The conservative rejoinder to gun control, of course, is that good people with guns can protect the public from bad people with guns. Yet several recent studies have revealed the exact opposite: In regions dominated by pro-gun politicians, the number of gun deaths is far higher than in areas controlled by pro-gun control politicians. [...] More: https://www.salon.com/2023/05/01/conservative-america-has-far-more-than-liberal-america-study-finds/ |
| The problem is the random folks who these selfish gun nuts are harming, maiming or killing. |
| They’re a self destructive group. It was the same with vaccines and healthcare in general. |
| The Republican party has a death fetish. |
| When this is pointed out to them, they claim it’s the “blue cities” in red states. That’s not what the stats show, but they’re unwilling to believe it. |
| Hey liberals, please stop trying to "save" conservatives and just GTFO of our lives. |
Hey conservatives, please stop trying to take away our bodily autonomy, our voting rights, our right to not get shot at the movies theater or mall. Also please leave the LGBQTIA community alone-they aren't doing anything to you. Basically GTFO of our lives and hopefully, our country. |
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This "study" isn't particularly good.
The first flaw is that it lumps suicides (but only by gun) in with murders. Most people are going to either care about murders or suicide by any means. The second is the bizarre geographies they are using. What is "Greater Appalachia" for instance? Apparently large parts of Texas are in "Greater Appalachia." "El Norte" includes Texas and California. How do you do any meaningful comparison involving political control when a single state can be in three different regions at once? |