▲ 291 ▼ Families upended by school shootings share trauma in push for gun law changes, but get mixed results (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by GiddyGap@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) The fact that 'families upended by school shootings' is a significant enough demographic to be relevant in us politics, is saying something of itself. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Getting murdered by guns is the number one cause of children's deaths in the United States of America. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CuriousOtter@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago Evidence of this statement permalink fedilink source parent [–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee [S] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Just sad, isn't it? Even more sad that we don't do anything about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] atticus88th@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Did we stop the thoughts and prayers? permalink fedilink source parent [–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Guns are just too ingrained in the core of American culture for this ever to be fixed. It would probably be easier to just abolish the entire school system than it would be to implement any meaningful gun control policy. The rest of the Western world doesn't have the same issue because we view guns totally differently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Getting murdered by guns is the number one cause of children's deaths in the United States of America. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CuriousOtter@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago Evidence of this statement permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CuriousOtter@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago Evidence of this statement permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee [S] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Just sad, isn't it? Even more sad that we don't do anything about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] atticus88th@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Did we stop the thoughts and prayers? permalink fedilink source parent [–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Guns are just too ingrained in the core of American culture for this ever to be fixed. It would probably be easier to just abolish the entire school system than it would be to implement any meaningful gun control policy. The rest of the Western world doesn't have the same issue because we view guns totally differently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atticus88th@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Did we stop the thoughts and prayers? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Guns are just too ingrained in the core of American culture for this ever to be fixed. It would probably be easier to just abolish the entire school system than it would be to implement any meaningful gun control policy. The rest of the Western world doesn't have the same issue because we view guns totally differently. permalink fedilink source parent