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Gun control measures seem to reduce shootings in Europe.
Yes, in small, concentrated, homogenous populations not bordered with any 3rd world nations.
The same can be said for Singapore, Japan, Australia, New Zealand.
When you hear, most likely from a woman living in a commonwealth country, that if America banned guns kids could go to school without being killed, answer with:
Mexico has very strict gun laws and 43 students were murdered there in 2014. This is larger than any mass school shooting in the US. (ref 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping)
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However our neighbors to the south are just as restrictive, if not more so, and they have much worse violence than us.
You are smart to think of this.
Mexico is closer to us than Denmark.
Guess who influences us mas?, I mean more.
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What is different about what European countries are doing vs these countries, and why would Gun control measures in the US lead to a path of less violence like in Europe, rather than just emboldening organized crime outfits currently operating here with a new revenue stream?
Easy, white people.
Europe and the commonwealth are full of them.
Lots of them.
They are arrogant and pooh pooh that
"Mexico is not a developed or sophisticated country with rampant corruption." Answer that with their fav phrase
"That sounds very racist. Just because they are poor brown people does not mean they want to live in hell. Their highly restrictive gun laws should protect them!"Let's face it, Mexico is closer to us, and we to them, than any Euro country or the commonwealth.