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Comment on Car crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things is treated as a safety crisis in the media

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scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Yeah heart disease kills more than either but we don’t hold candlelight vigils to ban butter. Because food is a normal part of life. I know a lot of people grow up with guns, but to me, guns are weird. I don’t know anyone who owns a gun. Not that I know of anyway. I have never held a gun. I have never seen a gun, except strapped to a cop walking by. I hope to never touch a gun (or be touched by one).

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LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Nobody should grow up in car culture either. It’s not safe for kids to be surrounded by Death Zones. It leads to kids either being kept inside all day and getting brain atrophy, or dying on the road. Not to mention all the asthma. Raising a child in a car neighbourhood is abuse.

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Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I’ve used firearms before, including doing smallbore shooting, it can be a lot of fun.

But they’re also a massive responsibility, and I don’t plan to actually own one.

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