A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that across all political and social groups in the United States, there is a strong preference against living near AR-15 rifle owners and neighbors who store guns outside of locked safes. This surprising consensus suggests that when it comes to immediate living environments, Americans’ views on gun control may be less divided than the polarized national debate suggests.

The research was conducted against a backdrop of increasing gun violence and polarization on gun policy in the United States. The United States has over 350 million civilian firearms and gun-related incidents, including accidents and mass shootings, have become a leading cause of death in the country. Despite political divides, the new study aimed to explore whether there’s common ground among Americans in their immediate living environments, focusing on neighborhood preferences related to gun ownership and storage.

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    7 months ago

    Yeah, fuck those kids. They went out and bought those weapons! They can kill themselves if they want!

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      I agree, we need to be able to threaten everyone we don’t like with execution!

      steal something? DEATH SENTENCE. vandalize something? DEATH SENTENCE. made me mad? YUP THAT’S A DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE.

      an armed society is a polite society, because I can just shoot you!

      /s. if anyone wasn’t able to tell

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        7 months ago

        Hell yeah! That’s why I keep a vial of anthrax on me at all times. Never know when you might need it.

        You forgot to mention, pull into my driveway on accident, DEATH SENTENCE, served immediately. I need all citizens of the US to be Judge, Jury, and Executioner to feel safe.

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      7 months ago

      Oh no, kids are dying. Quickly tell everyone nothing ever happened in Tiananmen Square because spreading misinformation will help apparently.

      Surely only people who want kids dead would point out misinformation. /s

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        You are a sad nihilist and you have a strange way of arguing your point. Comparing a random person quoting a stat from the internet on a social media post to the CCP covering up Tiananmen is so interesting. It takes what-about-ism to a whole other level. It wasn’t even misinformation, it was just a hastily googled fact from some random person on Lemmy.

        Hard to believe you wouldn’t go with the usual, “What about cars? What about being fat?” As if any of that would be relevant to the shocking stats for gun violence deaths of children and young adults.

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          … and you have a strange way of arguing your point.

          That’s the issue, I am not arguing any point other than the main post is misleading. US gun laws are absolutely stupid. You desperately need a reform. I never disagreed with that. Sure, more people die of heart disease but that is much harder to fix than gun laws.

          You are just projecting shit onto my comments that was never there and then get confused when I don’t disagree in the way you expect.

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        Yikes. It doesn’t take too long before an attempted civil 2A debate lord shows their real view on life.

        “I don’t accept your stats because those deaths only apply to children! Don’t skew the numbers!”

        Eesh, I’m not quite sure how Biden got mixed into the discussion about gun control/gun violence. He has no plans to restrict access to guns at all. He’s even providing them to Israel so they can kill Muslim children.

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          7 months ago

          Yeah, deleted the comment immediately when I realized it was poorly written. My stupid habit of pressing send before proof reading.

          That being said, you may want to read again yours as well. Since when does calling lies lies means I support anything?