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[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Countries that allow guns have massively more gun deaths, that shouldn't be surprising

Edit: it's worth noting that the US has had more mass shootings this year than the entire history of Europe apparently, according to that list.

[–] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

According to that list? Mass shootings in Europe are extremely rare.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not arguing that fact, my point is just that more guns will always result in more mass shootings. Guns should not be a right.

[–] BrianTheFirst@kbin.social -2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

guns will always result in more mass shootings

Then why aren't there any other mass shootings in the Czech Republic?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Considering that mass shootings aren't a common thing in the Western world as a whole, that isn't really relevant. One is more than most countries in the West have had in decades.

[–] Borovicka@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

There were 2 others in the last decade or so

[–] BrianTheFirst@kbin.social -4 points 11 months ago

Absolutely. I just think that it's silly to draw attention to guns being easily attainable in this context, when there have been so many more mass shootings in other European countries.

[–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You are correct. People kill people. With guns

[–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

So guns aren't the problem.