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Dear Americans .... what are your suggestions on appeasing the gun crime in USA?

This is not about the politics because in the paste years you have had both Republican and Democratic leaders that have not managed to tackle the issue.

Here are some stats for you, based on 2022 alone:

In this year there have been 609 mass shootings, from which there have been 637 deaths (around 58 per month) and 2552 people injured.

There has not been a single week without a mass shooting.and in fact only 83 days this year have been free from a amass shooting.

More children have died in a school shooting than police officers on duty.

I find this shocking but the apathy towards change even more so.

Is it time to give up the guns?
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Pretzel · 70-79, M
see that's the problem "give up the guns"

who's going to give them up?
law abiding citizens that hate the violence

but not the hunters to whom firearms are a lifestyle

certainly not the criminals that use them to make a living

so that leaves confiscation - and we've seen how well that worked with drugs and booze

I think it's built into the US psyche - and we'll just have to deal with it

strong laws for using them illegally son't stop people from using them where I live

(and before some of you morons accuse me of being pro-gun - I don't own one and haven't pulled the trigger on one since high school)
BabyLonia · F
@Pretzel so what is the solution, more guns and wait for everyone to kill everyone else?
Pretzel · 70-79, M
@BabyLonia the solution is there is no solution

I'm not happy with that answer. they confiscate guns with drug arrests and people go to jail for having illegal guns - and then they serve their sentence/get an early release when the prisons fill up and then...start all over again
BabyLonia · F
@Pretzel there is a solution let them have their guns make ammunition almost impossible to buy
Pretzel · 70-79, M
@BabyLonia funny you should say that
there was an old tv show called The Smothers Brother's Comedy Hour - and a guy by the name of Pat Paulsen ran a presidential campaign with that as one of his ideas.

the problem of course is that there are milions of rounds in existence right now in people's homes. there would be a black market in it.

in the US fireworks are illegal but people manage to get their hands on them as well.

bottom line - people will possess what they want to possess.
@BabyLonia It’s very easy to make your own ammo. Many people who shoot frequently make their ammo themselves to save money.