The stricter your gun laws the lower your gun violence. It’s empirical evidence. The argument begins and ends here.
Note: this chart is from last year. Since then Texas has massively eased its gun laws and it’s gun violence has skyrocketed. You don’t have to live this way, but if you want to change it you have to elect gun sense democrats to your state governments. Elections matter.
@TLDuryea I appreciate that you’re bringing data and information to people, but given that a large number of LGBTQIA+ folks use Mastodon and have been on this platform for a very long time, AND we just experienced another mass shooting at one of our clubs, please consider using a CW for toots about gun violence.
Plus, you never know who has been a victim of gun violence directly or indirectly, and it’s kind to use the tools we have not to trigger someone’s trauma responses.
@TLDuryea Content warning! You have the ability to conceal your content except for a little bit of text describing why it’s concealed, like this post! Just click the CW in your browser or app, and it will give you this option.
It’s also fun to use it for silly purposes, too, like concealing a punchline to a joke you put in the “warning” line.
TLDuryea
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