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Elessar Zappa

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16. It was worse in the 80s.

Tue Mar 28, 2023, 11:49 AM

Mar 2023

I don’t know where you lived but the national murder rate by gun was far higher in the 80s than it is now. We have more mass shootings now but the overall murder rate is considerably lower than it was in the 80s and 90s. One example of many is NYC. In 1990 2,245 people were murdered there. In 2021, 327 people were murdered. Not everywhere had declines that dramatic but you get the point.

That’s not to minimize the type of mass violence we’re seeing now. We need to ban assault weapons, large magazines, and, if I had my way, handguns.

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Most Americans are totally ignorant of what a human body subjected to gunfire looks like. [View all] RockRaven Mar 2023 OP

Not me, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #1

+1 Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #2

For sure. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #4

Exactly. Being reality based when in a life and death situation is a real asset. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #5

For sure, the press should see some photos so they LakeVermilion Mar 2023 #3

I absolutely think it would make some difference, esp. with children Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #6

They never see it Walleye Mar 2023 #7

I never saw action back in my draftee days, but I saw lots of guys... TreasonousBastard Mar 2023 #8

No, they think that violence is funny. That it's a joke. Initech Mar 2023 #9

The gunhumping deathcultists would probably get off on those images. niyad Mar 2023 #10

Yup. Guns 'n' Ammo porn for them. Artcatt Mar 2023 #11

Anti-choice protesters display graphic fetal pictures outside women's health care clinics, Timeflyer Mar 2023 #12

Old ER and ICU nurse MuseRider Mar 2023 #13

It was worse in the 80s. Elessar Zappa Mar 2023 #16

New York is very dense GenXer47 Mar 2023 #18

we need to do the same thing the pro lifers do moonshinegnomie Mar 2023 #14

One can see it replicated very realistically in video games Kaleva Mar 2023 #15

Even before graphic video games, Elessar Zappa Mar 2023 #17