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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 139 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Oh, what a fucked up world we live in that we see a school shooting as “not so bad, all things considered”…

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 111 points 3 months ago (7 children)

It's only "not so bad" in America.

'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Politicians around the word: we need to ban guns and assault rifles.

US policy makers: we need to tell the good guys they need to ~~buy~~ carry a gun.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of countries have lots of guns. Virtually none of them have any significant number of mass terror shootings, even the ones with otherwise high rates of gun violence.

America is built different.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

The rethoric of the people in power seems different, but I don"t know enough of other countries with lots of guns.

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