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comment by swedishbadgergirl

I'll say what I always say. in Sweden we hunt a lot but we also have very restrictive gun control laws. In Sweden less people get shot.





xenophon  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sweden is a much smaller, culturally homogenous country without many of the structural urban poverty issues found in the US. It's an apples to lingonberries comparison.

JakobVirgil  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Urban Poverty = black folks?

Canada has close to the U.S. Ethnic / Cultural breakdown

I'll say what I always say. in Canada they hunt a lot but they also have very restrictive gun control laws. In Canada less people get shot.

Perhaps if Urban poverty is not just code for Black Folks (I am confident you are not using it that way but I like to tease people.) then increasing the minimum wage ending redlining etc would do more to decrease gun violence than less guns.

but remember the most common gun crime is a white dude blowing his own head off.

xenophon  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, I was thinking more drug crime, gang activity and general economic disenfranchisement than a specific ethnicity. I seem to recall that there are stats to back that up but I can't look up right now because Brazil v Chile. And I focused on the 11,000 gun homicides because that's what the person interviewed did.

I agree with you--I think economic action (and the decriminalization/regulation of recreational drugs) will do FAR more to reduce violence than enacting (what I consider to be) impractical gun control legislation. I'm on the fence about drastic changes to a minimum wage, but I definitely agree that making proper financial services and/or financial literacy education available to people in redlined areas will do immense good.

swedishbadgergirl  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sweden has a bit of those issues. Google "rosengård". We've had riots in Sweden because of those issues.

swedishbadgergirl  ·  3805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was going to write a reply to xenophon but yours made mine redundant.

bioemerl  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Canada doesn't have the gangs, the culture, etc.

It's not about black folks, it's about gang violence and poverty. Canada has universal health care, and I do not believe they are as restrictive about drugs or guns as the US is/was.

JakobVirgil  ·  3804 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Agreed on cultural differences.

Canada is looser on drugs tighter on guns.