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>>david9+(OP)
I have become something of a statist over the years and I apparently annoy a whole lot of people, when I argue for not upsetting the status quo much further. Needless to say, this obviously is not a good thing if you share that perspective with me. This is actual political violence. And it has little to do with guns. If someone really wanted to get to the guy, one would. The issue is further societal deterioration in basic standards.

Let me reiterate. Violence is not the answer for one reason and one reason only. Once it starts and everyone joins, it will be very, very hard to stop.

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>>iugtmk+0e
this has everything to do with guns. the more guns in society the more gun violence there is. is not rocket science

>>ikrenj+uj
Canada and Finland both have a lot of civilian firearms per capita but not a lot of gun violence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_g...

>>indeci+Ll
... a lot isn't even close though.

The US is at 120.5 guns per 100 civilians, and Canada is at 34.5

I think being ~4x the ratio of guns per capita, (and 30x the total!) has to do something, right?