Edit: the point is that the low effort comment of other countries passing laws and not needing this are not adding to the discussion. You can find armor products for civilians, including backpacks, in other countries that have low levels of gun violence. If the problem is truly solved in that country then why do they still sell these products?
The point should be to have an actual discussion about what would fix the issue. You mention laws, but then there's no mention of what those laws would entail.
Excusing our shittiness by hiding behind a flacid excuse that guns kill people everywhere is ignoring the truth. It's a coward act to ignore how wildly disproprotionately off balance we are. Please acknowledge that there's a real issue, that this isnt a reasonable or civil condition. Something is structurally wrong when society doesnt try to improve out of these conditions, when it only offers faint hopes & prayers & no actions.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/24/9808381...