Despite having a ridiculous amount of firearms, Americans kill Americans at a higher rate with methods OTHER THAN A FIREARM than citizens in most European countries do. Think maybe it might be more complex than guns?
Maybe a lack of social safety net, an utterly underfunded mental health system, a culture of violence, a crippling cycle of poverty and lack of options for an underclass of Americans, and the failed war on drugs might have something to do with it.
– User “Statistical”, in a comment on Ars Technica.
You think? No, it clearly must be the guns…
Great Quote.
Those are the types of statistics you never see or hear of. Correlation does not imply causation, so just because we allow guns doesn’t mean more people get killed. Thanks for the post.