▲ 498 ▼ Nashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local park (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by GiddyGap@lemm.ee to c/news@lemmy.world 299 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Evia@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) But mentally incompetent people can hold guns? Wonderful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah but that makes it harder for people to actually address the fact that high rates of firearm ownership is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for high rates of homicide, which has consistently been correlated with a lack of socioeconomic mobility among young adult men across societies and times. But that's hard, so instead we just sarcastically post "FREEDOM" and "now is not the time to address guns" while, ironically, never actually doing the difficult but necessary work of discussing the underlying structural economic conditions and caste dynamics which lead to this problem. Because that's hard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Faildini@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago High rates of gun ownership is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for high rates of homicide. "Necessary" would imply that high homicide rate is flat out impossible without high gun ownership, which is clearly not true. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Mentally incompetent Americans. Mentally incompetent people in civilized countries usually don't even come close to guns. EDIT: Looks like the ammosexuals don't like my take. Yes, people lile you are left unarmed for good in civilized countries, if you like it or not. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah but that makes it harder for people to actually address the fact that high rates of firearm ownership is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for high rates of homicide, which has consistently been correlated with a lack of socioeconomic mobility among young adult men across societies and times. But that's hard, so instead we just sarcastically post "FREEDOM" and "now is not the time to address guns" while, ironically, never actually doing the difficult but necessary work of discussing the underlying structural economic conditions and caste dynamics which lead to this problem. Because that's hard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Faildini@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago High rates of gun ownership is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for high rates of homicide. "Necessary" would imply that high homicide rate is flat out impossible without high gun ownership, which is clearly not true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah but that makes it harder for people to actually address the fact that high rates of firearm ownership is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for high rates of homicide, which has consistently been correlated with a lack of socioeconomic mobility among young adult men across societies and times. But that's hard, so instead we just sarcastically post "FREEDOM" and "now is not the time to address guns" while, ironically, never actually doing the difficult but necessary work of discussing the underlying structural economic conditions and caste dynamics which lead to this problem. Because that's hard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Faildini@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago High rates of gun ownership is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for high rates of homicide. "Necessary" would imply that high homicide rate is flat out impossible without high gun ownership, which is clearly not true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Faildini@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago High rates of gun ownership is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for high rates of homicide. "Necessary" would imply that high homicide rate is flat out impossible without high gun ownership, which is clearly not true. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Mentally incompetent Americans. Mentally incompetent people in civilized countries usually don't even come close to guns. EDIT: Looks like the ammosexuals don't like my take. Yes, people lile you are left unarmed for good in civilized countries, if you like it or not. permalink fedilink source parent