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I agree entirely, even though I am not from the US. The US has a mental health and poverty problem, NOT a gun problem. Plenty of examples of wealthy countries with lots of guns (Sweden, Switzerland) and little to no gun violence.

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Those countries have massively more stringent rules around gun ownership, and much lower gun ownership rates. Not at all comparable.

Not to mention conscription, which probably helps with both discipline and meeting people not like you.

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