• Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    We absolutely need to go after FFLs that allow for guns to make it to the streets.

    The biggest cause of firearms deaths is suicide, that can’t be addressed by going after guns. You have to address all the other bigger problems. Doing so will also address suicide, mental health, economic prospects, and other causes of drug overdoses, crimes including murder, alcoholism, etc.

    You can’t address gun violence by going after guns, you need to go after the actual problems and not the symptom.

    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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      8 hours ago

      Making it less easy to commit suicide actually does help reduce the rates of suicide. Spontaneous ones in particular.

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      13 hours ago

      Wait, are you suggesting we address the material conditions which lead to violence and deaths of despair? What are you, some kind of lib?