Americans kill more kids with guns than cars.
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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According to a link in the article it was the other way around as recently as 2016
Yep, only getting worse.
Results surprise no one.
If politicians had brains, they would have long noticed that among the countries not involved in wars or civil war like situations, the amount of gun-related deaths in the US has the highest count. Accidents, murder, suicide, whatever - each and every category.
And if they had backbones, they would have done something about it, like implementing gun controls like every other civilized country has. My country has effective gun control, and the amount of firearms-related deaths is in the "below 0.2 in a million" category.
Imagine. In 10 years we might be thinking they're the lucky ones. How fucked up is that?
What happens in 10 years?
Our world is heating up a lot faster than expected and the effects have been way more severe than scientists were predicting. We're going to be seeing some serious shit in 10yrs.