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The Liberal Redneck: On Guns (Original Post)
DinahMoeHum
Oct 2017
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Docreed2003
(18,714 posts)1. That dude gets it
Botany
(77,827 posts)2. In Japan the odds of being shot by a gun is the same as being hit by lightening .....
..... in South Korea the odds are the same as being crushed by a large object.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/upshot/compare-these-gun-death-rates-the-us-is-in-a-different-world.html
It is the guns. End of story.
Dustlawyer
(10,540 posts)3. The Aussie's did it!
They had guns and when their mass shootings started they enacted strict gun control and have not had a mass shooting since!
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)4. This guy needs to be,,,
working for the DNC!
gademocrat7
(12,017 posts)5. He is right.
cp
(8,368 posts)6. Yes, sir
Thank you.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)7. He's brilliant.
I hope he gets through to some of these people. He has a great message.