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Originally Posted by tynashracing
I don't think that widespread gun ownership increases gun violence. How many guns are owned in the USA? Suffice it to say...alot. For the last 20 years our violent crime rates have been cut in half. It was a pretty good 20 year run with our economy.
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283 million, give or take.
"The overall firearm related death rate among US children younger than 15 years of age is nearly 12 times higher than among children in 25 other industrialized nations combined."
I am tremendously saddened to hear that this constitutes a pretty good run.
Link here: The U.S. Compared to Other Nations
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