AR-15s and other assault rifles should be illegal. Obviously.

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58. Mexico? Come on. They are ravaged with drug wars. The government barely has control.

Russia? You're not seriously comparing us to Russia. Russia is a dictatorship where they assassinate journalists and is overrun by crime.

Mexico, Russia, Brazil, these are not first-world nations. The US, UK, and Australia are first-world nations. The fact that we resemble Mexico, Russia, and Brazil when it comes to guns is exactly the problem. We could resemble the UK and Australia, like we do in most aspects of society. Like Obama says, this is a choice. We choose to let the NRA run the gun laws, and so we end up being like Mexico/Russia/Brazil when it comes to guns.

When it comes to healthcare, does anyone say, "well, gee, it's better here than in Brazil". When it comes to human rights, do people say "we're not as bad as Russia, so no problem." With poverty do people say "Mexico has a lot more poverty, what's there to complain about".

It all strikes me as crazy. Especially on a Democratic message board. Some of it maybe I chalk up to Bernie-Hillary stuff, but Bernie and Hillary agree about AR-15s.