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That kind of thinking kills more people each year in Europe than guns do in the USA. Let that sink in.
by jdkoeck 3mo ago
That kind of thinking kills more people each year in Europe than guns do in the USA. Let that sink in.
- robocat 3mo agoSo the stats say we need to encourage more guns and shooting deaths in the US... Maybe Europe should sell guns to the states - ideally sold in €
- Levitz 3mo agoIt's not an apples to apples comparison. 80%+ of deaths because of heat in Europe are 65+ years old. When you start handling that range you've to take into account that these people are going to die because of something, save a guy from heat here and that's an extra death because of cancer 4 years later. Now I'm not saying it's a thing to be ignored, but be wary of playing quick and dirty with statistics.
- jdkoeck 3mo agoThat’s a fair point. More years of life lost due to gun deaths. I still like to draw a parallel, because they’re both deaths that we have the means to prevent, but the culture perpetuates the problem. That culture needs to change (doable in Europe with regard to AC because heatwaves will snap people out of denial, much harder or impossible to solve the gun culture problem in the US).