No other high-income country suffers the high death toll from gun violence we do.

Narrow reform won’t stop it.

The US has a lot of guns, and more guns mean more gun deaths.

It’s not a mental health issue.

A good guy with a gun is a fallacy. So is “self defense.”

The Second Amendment has been misinterpreted.

It’s the guns.

Covenant School shooting puts focus on America’s unique, enduring gun problem-
https://www.vox.com/23142734/covenant-school-nashville-mass-shootings

Covenant School shooting puts focus on America’s unique, enduring gun problem

The factors that lead to tragedies like the ones at Covenant School in Nashville are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law.

Vox

@TonyStark It is the guns and the weird fetish some people have with them. They do nothing but harm.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 8% of the population over the age of 16 hunt. If you take the percentage of gun owners in the US (which is estimated at 35% by National Survey of Private Ownership of Firearms—NSPOF), that’s a huge difference. When you look at this report from the DOJ, it’s frightening how many people own guns “just because”
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf