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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unemployment + depression/ anxiety + addiction + firearms= breakdown of social fabric

If it helps to see it more objectively: just look at what happened to Native Americans when they lost their meaningful lifestyle and went to live on reservations.

No one has trouble drawing a straight line there, yet with uneducated, chronically unemployed and consumer based economy/ lifestyle everyone asks , " gee what is happening to America ???" [/quote]

And if you remove guns from that equation then everything else instantly resolves. It’s very simple. Get rid of the guns, and all other problems will go away. [/quote]

You forgot the /s. But it goes without saying- guns make killing too easy. Yes, you can still mow someone down with a car, or stab them, or throw poison in their face. You could beat them or strangle them, or blow up their car or set fire to their home. But in every case the killer has to risk something themselves and there are multiple opportunities along the way to rethink and walk away. Absent explosives, nothing kills as many people at once than an assault rifle. Guns are the classic kill first think later weapon. Take them away and murders go down automatically, as just about every civilized nation has discovered. [/quote]

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