ZeroCool to politics @lemmy.world • 1 year agoBiden is creating a new White House office focused on gun violence preventionwww.npr.orgmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1254
arrow-up1235external-linkBiden is creating a new White House office focused on gun violence preventionwww.npr.orgZeroCool to politics @lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareJeremy [Iowa]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoI’d argue the quantity of firearms is largely irrelevant unless you only care the thing was done by firearm.
minus-squareJeremy [Iowa]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year ago Taking the guns out of the equation means more lives saved. May mean more lives saved, even if it were feasible. Alternatively, addressing the suicide motivations and pressures addresses all means of suicide - not just those by firearm.
minus-squareGodlessCommielinkfedilink0•1 year agoOr perhaps improving the conditions that leads to most suicidal tendencies. Access to healthcare, mental health care, livable wages, housing, etc. Not addressing these issues is social murder.
minus-squareJeremy [Iowa]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAnd yet you believe they’ll deliver on making firearms go away? Is it more or less likely, in your estimation?
I’d argue the quantity of firearms is largely irrelevant unless you only care the thing was done by firearm.
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May mean more lives saved, even if it were feasible.
Alternatively, addressing the suicide motivations and pressures addresses all means of suicide - not just those by firearm.
Or perhaps improving the conditions that leads to most suicidal tendencies. Access to healthcare, mental health care, livable wages, housing, etc. Not addressing these issues is social murder.
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And yet you believe they’ll deliver on making firearms go away? Is it more or less likely, in your estimation?