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So that’s part of the same point. They COULD have access to guns and could shoot each other, but nobody wants to. Thus guns are only a problem when there’s other underlying issues.

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
But since US has the issues, you should lock guns away.

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- boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Aye, but when all the lunatics already have guns and you remove the guns from the responsible citizens, is that putting people in more or less danger?
  
  I think it’s too late at this point to solve this one via gun control.
  
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godfish@lemy.lol ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Nope, Switzerland had one of the highest rates of gun suicides before measures were taken.

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- boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Gun suicides or suicides in general?
  
  Because suicides will always be an issue. Guns just make it easier. How many mass shootings have the swiss had though? Switzerland has a “List of mass shootings” article on Wikipedia. The US has a “ListS of mass shootings” category. The US list for 2018 alone is significantly longer than Switzerland’s list starting with 1905. I realize that Switzerland has a smaller population, but the per capita rates have a large discrepancy too. Something like a 9x difference.
  
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  - godfish@lemy.lol ⁨9⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    As I said gun suicides.
    
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