Okay, I'm Sure i'll Get Flamed but

[gejohnston]

22. key word is seemingly

since the US media doesn't exactly cover overseas events much. Like the rash of school massacres in China recently. Knives were used, but it as just as tragic, the kids are just as dead, the parents mourn just as much.
I am more interested in ending all mass murders. The worst school massacre in US history would not have been deterred by gun laws, armed teachers, or anything to do with guns. Why? Because the asshole beat his wife to death, planted three bombs in the elementary school, and killed himself in a car bomb. The 38 kids and six adults were just as dead, 58 were just as wounded, their parents mourned just as much, and was just as tragic.

number one in firearms murders? I don't know where you got that number, but when it comes to murder rates per capita, we are not even close. I don't give a shit about separating by weapons.

When people wring their hands about "gun suicides" or "gun murders" instead how can we work together to do something about all suicides, all murders, my cynical side comes out. That cynical side makes me wonder if it is really about saving lives or just continuing some trivial culture war.
You tell me,
Do you care about all murders and all suicides, or just by firearm?