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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: very stable genius   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Another Day Another Shooting...
Date: 07/14/24 9:34 AM
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Well-Regulated Militia Opens Fire in Pennsylvania, 2 dead. Useless Thoughts And Prayers Rushed To The Scene.

(Individuals in Pennsylvania are permitted to open carry firearms without a permit as long as the firearm is in plain view, what could go wrong?)

Reality check...

Americans are 26x more likely to be shot and killed than citizens of other high-income countries.

Everyday 327 people are shot in the United States. Of those, on average, 117 will die.

Everyday 23 children are shot in the United States.

As of 2022, the United States has 121 Firearms per 100 residents. Making it the only country on the planet with more civilian-owned firearms than people.

Guns are the leading cause of death for American children. The leading cause. If you vote republican you share in the blame.

Firearms accounted for nearly 19% of childhood deaths according to the CDC. Nearly 3,600 children died in gun-related incidents that year.
That’s about five children lost for every 100,000 children in the United States. In no other comparable country are firearms within the top four
causes of mortality among children.

Four sitting presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy.
Additionally, three presidents have been injured in attempted assassinations: Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, and Donald Trump. In all of these cases, the attacker's weapon was a gun.

We know the answer. It's the guns.
If only we could stop it, like every other country in the world already has.

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