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Botany

(74,827 posts)
13. I can't. Facts are facts.
Sat May 17, 2025, 10:58 AM
May 17

Over the last few years, gun violence in the United States has become an increasingly deadly public health crisis. In 2021, firearms were the leading cause of death for children and adolescents aged one to 19 years old for a second year in a row in the United States, with 4,733 deaths from firearms, which accounted for more deaths than car crashes and other diseases in that year. This is an increase from the previous year, when there were 4,357 deaths from firearms.

Gun violence in the U.S.

Along with a rise in gun-related deaths, the United States has been experiencing an overall increase in gun violence, including mass shootings, school shootings, and gun homicides. Not surprisingly, the United States has also reported in increase in gun sales, with the unit sales for firearms reaching a new high in recent years.

A uniquely American problem

Despite the rise of gun violence and gun-related deaths, guns remain easily accessible in the United States and gun control has become a divisive issue throughout the nation. However, gun control proponents often call attention to the uniquely American phenomenon of school shootings. Since 2018, the annual number of incidents involving firearms at K-12 schools in the U.S. reached over 100 in each year, while similar incidents in other countries with strict gun laws are exceptionally rare.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1384047/leading-causes-of-death-for-children-and-teens-us/

Btw I have owned a few guns (4 total 2 20 guage pump shotguns with slug tubes for deer, 1 .22
bolt action rifle for ground hogs, and 1 30-30 rifle I inherited that I haven’t fired for years) for years
and I would give them up in a minute if I thought it would help stop this madness.

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This could literally backfire on them. C_U_L8R May 17 #1
If they think this is a constitutional right, then let them be carried in the Whitehouse. Doodley May 17 #2
Trump says bump stocks make the gun into a machine gun. Norrrm May 17 #3
So did sPam Blondie take checks from the firearms industry also? benfranklin1776 May 17 #4
It seems his entire agenda Maine Abu El Banat May 17 #5
I daresay NJCher May 17 #11
Gun safety is not a "liberal" issue, it is a public safety issue. n/t GenThePerservering May 17 #15
Was expecting the last part of that to be "is to kill people for no reason." Which is absolutely true. And pisses us off Karasu May 17 #17
I would really like to see what would happen if the DNC produced some ads about LiberalArkie May 17 #6
Republican policies kill Americans. CaptainTruth May 17 #7
I can't. Facts are facts. Botany May 17 #13
They just lost at the Supreme Court Beck23 May 17 #8
Who do we have no right to protect ourselves from gun violence in this country? travelingthrulife May 17 #9
Not enough children are getting shot in this country! Turbineguy May 17 #10
Democratic presidents are shepherds Marthe48 May 17 #12
Get one now! BidenRocks May 17 #14
Like the "great Al Capone" Drumpf rambles about. He wants a violent, lawless country. Take it to the bank. nt Evolve Dammit May 17 #16
As long as those violent thugs are pro Trump Krasnov is fine with them. Botany May 17 #19
We are in for the fight. Fascism will be defeated again. They brought it, not us. Like Russia, Hungary... n/t Evolve Dammit May 17 #24
This is totally the action of a sane country where sane people would actually want to live. Karasu May 17 #18
An FRT trigger in action: LudwigPastorius May 17 #20
30 rounds in 5 seconds is full on auto Botany May 17 #21
Gun nuts are praising the device as easier to operate, and more consistent, than a bump stock. LudwigPastorius May 17 #22
The first school mass shooting... purr-rat beauty May 17 #23
This Department of Justice believes that the 2nd Amendment is not a second-class right 3825-87867 May 17 #25
It's a simple bit of plastic and a spring but it amazes me.., underpants May 17 #26
I can see a small group of hunters where this may help. BidenRocks May 17 #27
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