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Manowarwolf t1_j1eflrf wrote

B-but but, how can this be? France cracked down on gun-control. We know this, because they rubbed it in the US' face 24/7. HOW CAN THERE STILL BE GUN VIOLENCE?

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Embarrassed_Ad5112 t1_j1f5kdx wrote

Well in this case two people being shot made news around the world.

If it happened in the US it wouldn’t even be significant enough to make the local news.

That’s the difference.

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SlowerThanTurtleInPB t1_j1f8n67 wrote

100%. Am American and literally thought how this wouldn’t be news in my city. God I hate it here.

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ArrrGaming t1_j1hszt3 wrote

Two people being shot in the US makes the news on Reddit any time it happens.

So please don’t be a hypocrite and pretend like it doesn’t.

There was just a shooting at the Mall of America. 1 dead, 1 grazed. You know how I know? Because it’s all over Reddit, with much gnashing of teeth and bemoaning of America and how bad we are, etc.

But when it happens in Paris, out come the excuses.

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[deleted] t1_j1f8q4d wrote

Homicides per 100 000 people in 2020:

US: 6.52

France: 1.30

Literally five times higher.

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Manowarwolf t1_j1fdjqv wrote

See what I mean? STILL RUBBING IT IN.

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Uyfgv t1_j1ffdud wrote

It’s your civic duty to embarrass 2nd amendment losers by showing them how mass gun violence doesn’t happen in a 1st world country. The US’s homicide stats are so much higher it’s not even funny. But I’m sure the next school shooting will do nothing to make you see that.

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Manowarwolf t1_j1fmeg0 wrote

Bold of you to assume that I don't already see it that way.

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