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U.S. children and teens are more likely to die because of guns than car crashes, drug overdoses and cancer.

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you don't recognize the simplistic motivations behind gang violence, you should consider yourself exceedingly fortunate.

Check your privilege.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Your claim is a blatant lie. That is a fact. Your feelings have made you concoct a blatant lie which you have repeated countless times in this thread.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You’re entirely wrong, but you already know that, don’t you? You clowns just love your distractions from the truth.

[–] girlfreddy@mastodon.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Rivalarrival @Pratai

Please show your proof for this statement.

"... the simplistic motivations behind gang violence ..."

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Considering they won’t have proof to offer, this should be enough to satisfy my point:

https://www.gvpedia.org/gun-myths/gangs/

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And yet, the zip codes with the highest rate of gang activity are consistently the zip codes with the highest homicide rates, and there is a strong social correlation between murderers and victims.

I wonder why all these non-gang members go to areas of high gang activity to kill and be killed. I guess they're just trying to frame innocent, hard-working criminals.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Dude… you’re wrong. I get your impulse to entrench yourself in your sad cognitive dissonance, but just let it go- you’re wrong. Case closed.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

My god you’re embarrassing.