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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the “ML” influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

People with knives can kill much more than just one person. I was reading a story a few days ago about a village somewhere in SEA where a man killed his family and neighbors long before anyone ever got to him.

Likewise countries with high gun ownership can also not have frequent mass killings. What you're really describing there is just America.

An armed populace can do more to resist a fascist or otherwise oppressive government than an unarmed one. As a minority who has historically (and contemporarily in other countries) been persecuted by the state for the crime of existing, I don't feel comfortable leaving my life in their fickle hands.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

An armed populace can do more to resist a fascist or otherwise oppressive government

And how is that going for the USA? haven't seen a single person resist with guns yet.

It also goes the other way, fascists could take control of a legitimate government.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

What you're really describing there is just America.

The US is by far the exception in supposedly "developed" high-income countries. Literally not a single other one has anything even close to resembling the utter shitshow of gun violence that the US is brimming with.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2024/oct/comparing-deaths-gun-violence-us-other-countries

With far more people dying of gun-related causes annually in the United States than in other high-income countries, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., officially declared firearm violence a public health crisis on June 25, 2024.

https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/insights-blog/acting-data/gun-violence-united-states-outlier

Age-adjusted firearm homicide rates in the US are 33 times greater than in Australia and 77 times greater than in Germany.

Gun violence accounts for over 8% of deaths in the US among those under age 20.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-remain-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-and-teens

New Report Highlights U.S. 2022 Gun-Related Deaths: Firearms Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens, and Disproportionately Affect People of Color

But please, tell me how it's just minority teenagers in gangs and how that somehow makes it okay.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

I was reading a story a few days ago about a village somewhere in SEA where a man killed his family and neighbors long before anyone ever got to him.

Anecdotes are neat.

You realize they're not actually data, though, right? You do realize this?

You realize that countries without gun-freaks also have far, far less knife crime as well, by the numbers, compared to knife crime in gun-riddled countries? Like, you realize that it's just plain safer in general, right?

If you've never left your county, I recommend a vacation.