• Fooferhill
    +11

    You only have to look at other countries who tightened guns laws decades ago-and the murder rate dropped. Also accidental death and injury dropped. When you have populations with substance use, mental health issues, poverty, disaffection and guns you have disaster waiting to happen.

    • ddecator
      +3

      To be fair, when it comes to mental health and guns the major issue is attempts of suicide, very rarely homicide (and even then, only in the small group of people with mental health challenges that are suicidal). Still a major issue, and I fully support restricting gun ownership and use, but I just want to do my part to help prevent the "people with mental illnesses are dangerous" stereotype from spreading =)