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Kid Berwyn

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4. I hope Congress fully funds needed research like this.

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Mon Jun 6, 2022, 10:39 AM

Jun 2022

We need to show how access to guns IS a national health crisis. Perhaps it will lead to progress in how we think about guns.

Oh. And a really big FUCK YOU to Wayne LaPierre and his online toad horde.

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If you live with a gun owner, you're 2X more likely to be murdered [View all] mainer Jun 2022 OP

One common false trope about gun violence is that it's bullying victims who do the shooting Bucky Jun 2022 #1

No, you're only one time more likely. 2X more likely would be 3 times as high. Towlie Jun 2022 #2

That's your huge objection to my posting the study? mainer Jun 2022 #5

reminds me of the "magazine" vs "clip" distractions. ret5hd Jun 2022 #7

Yes, it's based on x times as high as the current rate of occurence. What bugs me is Model35mech Jun 2022 #6

Which is why red flag laws are absolutely VITAL for reducing gun violence NickB79 Jun 2022 #3

I hope Congress fully funds needed research like this. Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #4

In the 80's I dated a cop who kept his gun by his bedside kimbutgar Jun 2022 #8