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Some mentioned the other one was old. Heres a two-day old article on the same issue.

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[–] PizzaMan 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You brought up suicide statistics

No, I brought up firearm deaths as a whole, which is a part of the problem. California has addressed it, which is why they have a lower firearm death rate.

I started my comment talking about gun murders.

And like I said, that is misleading. California's gun laws were added to reduce firearm deaths at a whole, so it is misleading to only go by gun murders.

[–] sudo22 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're over simplifying the issue.

[–] PizzaMan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] sudo22 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lumping in 2 issues with 2 separate causes and solutions as evidence that (in this case) a mag capacity ban works, is an oversimplification.

Mag cap bans have nothing to do with suicide and weren't intended to. So bringing it up is just a distraction from the conversion this post is focusing on.

[–] PizzaMan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're the one who broadened the conversation:

"California regulations have done nothing to improve gun violence in their state when compared to less restrictive states like Texas. "

[–] sudo22 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most people don't categorized suicide as violence. But even if you do, I made it clear in my next statements that I was talking about gun murders.