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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Americans aren’t bad people.  We have our differences but love our children, right?

Why do we allow this?

It’s clear that in order to protect our kids and ourselves from gun violence, we have to vote for only Democrats.  Republicans have made it clear they are not going to change anything.    [/quote]

We allow this because we no longer identify and contain evil. We blame social inequality for the symptoms of mental illness. We tell people with mental illness that they are fine, that society owes them. They are left to themselves, roaming aimlessly and suffering. This is done in the name of diversity and inclusion. [/quote]

Wow you had to work so hard to blame this on liberals.
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But, the PP is right. There is no sacrifice here. Sacrifice is voluntary. These are bad human beings harming other human beings. Liberals explain away and excuse their behavior and instead focus on the tool instead of focusing on the bad actor. Why is that? Why are liberals so ineffective in placing the blame where it clearly belongs. Guns don’t shoot themselves and kill people. People do. Address the people problem, not the tool problem. [/quote]
Why are conservatives so bad at interpreting data. [b]The US is a glaring outlier with regard to gun deaths. You don’t think other countries have bad people? You don’t think other countries have people with mental illness? You don’t think kids in other countries have access to social media and violent video games? You don’t think people in other countries have access to counseling and psychiatric care?[/b]
Conservatives would rather have children die than come to the obvious conclusion that we need to reduce the number of guns in our country.[/quote]

Other countries don't have A) our culture and B) our demographics.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-gun-deaths-surged-35-2020-higher-black-people-cdc-2022-05-10/

"African Americans as a whole were at least four times more likely to be killed by a gun than the overall population, and 12 times more likely than a white person, the data showed."

"By raw numbers, there were 19,350 gun homicides in 2020, with [b]African Americans accounting for 62% of the total and white people 21%[/b]."

It's a national shame that Black bodies are the overwhelming victims of gun violence.

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Are you seriously arguing that AAs are the reason we have more mass shootings than anywhere else in the world. B/C the vast majority of mass shootings are committed by...wait for it...white men. [/quote]

https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/[/quote]

Mass shootings are generally defined as having 4 more victims. By that standard there were 12 mass shootings over last weekend alone.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/30/mass-shootings-memorial-day-weekend-taft-chattanooga-uvalde/

NPR says there have been 213 mass shootings this year alone with 27 school shootings. They also reported 693 the year before.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/15/1099008586/mass-shootings-us-2022-tally-number

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/24/1101050970/2022-school-shootings-so-far

https://www.thetrace.org/2020/09/mass-shootings-2020-gun-violence-black-neighborhoods/

People should be up in arms that these aren't reported more often.

[b]Black Lives Matter.[/b]

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I suggest we redefine mass shootings as more than 10 people killed in a single incident. That will reduce the number of mass shootings overnight.[/quote]

I think it does make sense to redefine it as shootings not related to gang activity.  These two have very different cures.[/quote]

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