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Sendt: 19 Maj 2018 kl. 16:27 |
Atter og igen forsøger en behjertet sjæl at banke lidt fornuft ind i United Bluff. Og som sædvanlig taler han for døve øren, fordi fornuft for yankies er en by i Rusland.
Uddrag af citater med fremhævelser: "These mass shootings don’t keep happening because we don’t know what to do. Since I began covering mass shootings at Vox, I have seen this pattern play out again and again: A shooting happens. There are demands for action. Maybe something gets introduced in Congress. The debate goes back and forth for a bit. Then people move on — usually after a week or two. And so, with little to nothing changed, there’s eventually another mass shooting. As I see it, the core issue is that America as a whole refuses to even admit it has a serious problem with guns and gun violence. And more than that, lawmakers continue acting like the solutions are some sort of mystery, as if there aren’t years of research and experiences in other countries that show restrictions on firearms can save lives. Consider President Donald Trump’s initial speech in response to the Parkland, Florida, school shooting: His only mention of guns was a vague reference to “gunfire” as he described what happened. He never even brought up gun control or anything related to that debate, instead vaguely promising to work “with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health.” This is America’s elected leader — and he essentially, based on his first public response, ignored what the real problem is. The good news is there are real solutions out there. But America can’t get to those solutions until it admits it has a gun problem and confronts the reality of what it would mean to seriously address it. The US is unique in two key — and related — ways when it comes to guns: It has way more gun deaths than other developed nations, and it has far higher levels of gun ownership than any other country in the world. The US has nearly six times the gun homicide rate of Canada, more than seven times that of Sweden, and nearly 16 times that of Germany, according to United Nations data compiled by the Guardian. The US makes up less than 5% of the world’s population, but holds 31% of global mass shooters. The US also has by far the highest number of privately owned guns in the world. Estimated in 2007, the number of civilian-owned firearms in the US was 88.8 guns per 100 people, meaning there was almost one privately owned gun per American and more than one per American adult. The world’s second-ranked country was Yemen, a quasi-failed state torn by civil war, where there were 54.8 guns per 100 people. Americans make up less than 5 percent of the world’s population yet own roughly 42 percent of all the world’s privately held firearms. (Disse tal er for USA's vedkommende steget støt siden) A preference for crimes of personal force and the willingness and ability to use guns in robbery make similar levels of property crime 54 times as deadly in New York City as in London." Santa Fe school shooting: America’s gun problem, explained in 5 facts - Vox Jeg anbefaler, at du læser hele artiklen selv! Det sker desværre ofte, at kommentarer kun relaterer til indlægget, hvilket nemt fører til unødvendige misforståelser, der kunne være undgået, hvis kommentator havde gedet læse artiklen selv. Der er grænser for, hvor meget af en lang, men meget velskrevet og særdeles grundig artikel, der skal refereres til, men svar på eventuelle spørgsmål og argumenter er sandsynligvis at hente i artiklen, fremfor at kræve svar af indlæggets forfatter. Skulle jeg alligevel læse den slags spørgsmål og argumenter, er svaret "læs artiklen" på forhånd givet. Santa Fe (Spanish language) or Santa Fé (Portuguese language) means Holy Faith. Tekst: Santa Fé | The Official Bob Dylan Site Redigeret af Prutterhunden - 19 Maj 2018 kl. 16:39 |
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