• Raphael@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Part 1:

    No they are not

    Part 2:

    It’s all a mix of the second ammendment, their interpretation & execution of that law, a dominant military and guns lobby system (Billionaire$); people loving their guns, no access to good (mental) health care, which allthogether is holding their country hostage, imho.

    LOL

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      1 year ago

      He is not that wrong, after all switzerland too have guns and they control it with ease. They even celebrate a gun festival. where children practice shooting.

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          That’s why we use per capita for statistics like this. It doesn’t matter who has more people if you adjust for population. Now, you could argue density is the problem, but in less dense places in the US the rate is even higher, so…

          • Raphael@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            Excellent mental gymnastics, color me impressed. You’ve almost made me think Switzerland is the USA.

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              1 year ago

              Excellent nothing argument. Would you care to explain why the US couldn’t have a gun culture like Switzerland if it’s not due to population density or population size?

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        1 year ago

        Great idea. Let’s make the USA a small homogeneous group and see what happens.