Thread by @DrRoySmythe

The United States is an incredible statistical outlier among economically developed countries re guns per capita. 1/
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This translates directly to another statistical achievement for our country compared to the rest of the developed world - a several fold higher chance of gun death. 2/
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Your baby or young child now has a 1/100 chance of being killed by a firearm as he/she grows up, and that chance is increasing year-over-year. 3/
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A few summary facts, so far (red images from giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-…) 4/
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While we efficiently kill one another with guns, we even more efficiently kill ourselves due to gun access - suicide and gun access are in fact, related. 5/
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Domestic gun violence and murder are also related to gun access. And if that baby or child I mentioned earlier is a girl - her prospects to be killed by a gun are even more substantial during her life due to these factors. 6/
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When future historians reflect on the U.S. during this time, we may well be characterized primarily by our unique ability to kill human beings - both others around the world (military might), and ourselves (gun access and regulation) 7/
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YES to background cks, red flag laws, mental health $, effective policing, less poverty/desperation... However, until we decrease the nos. and types of guns (re semiauto weapons) available, we will inevitably continue to be #Number1 8/
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