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pat_k

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1. The only national tragedy I see here is that ...

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:23 AM

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... the per capita number of gun deaths in America is more than 10 TIMES that of comparable high-income countries. And that number is primarily driven by a gun homicide rate that is 25 TIMES that of comparable high-income countries.

Perhaps every governor who gives a shit about the intolerable number of PREVENTABLE gun deaths in America should order flags to be flown at half-staff until this nation passes meaningful gun control and puts big money into interventions and community-based programs that are PROVEN to reduce gun violence.

Just a thought.

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