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That's an extremely narrow view of a nuanced issue. We have divisive cultural issues, a severe mental health problem, an opiate addiction problem, and problems with access to guns in some areas. We also have a huge country. We also have a huge country, taking away guns from people in Alaska will solve nothing.

How's the knife banning in London going btw?

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While I get your point about guns in Alaska (I am assuming you mean there aren't mass shootings happening there), I think your overall statement is misguided. Alaska has the highest suicide rate [1] and second highest murder rate per captia in the USA [2].

I didn't pull articles for this, but it's pretty widely accepted that easy access to firearms directly ties to increases in suicide and murder.

[1]: http://dhss.alaska.gov/SuicidePrevention/Documents/pdfs_sspc...

[2]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_homicid...

It's going great. Stabbing deaths in London in 2018 were just over 3 "El Pasos". It's less than 3X if you change the metric to "2019 mass shootings posted to 8chan ahead of time".

I'm sorry that Fox News has led you so astray, but the whole "actually everyone in London gets stabbed because they don't have guns" narrative is horseshit.

You guys should really get on top of that pointy stick situation now.

Fox News???

Also, if I understand correctly, very uneven economic progress in different areas.

Call me a reductionist, but I'm inclined to view social extremism primarily as a symptom of economic decline. When growth falters, the fires always seem to start burning.

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