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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the “ML” influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What you're really describing there is just America.

The US is by far the exception in supposedly "developed" high-income countries. Literally not a single other one has anything even close to resembling the utter shitshow of gun violence that the US is brimming with.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2024/oct/comparing-deaths-gun-violence-us-other-countries

With far more people dying of gun-related causes annually in the United States than in other high-income countries, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., officially declared firearm violence a public health crisis on June 25, 2024.

https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/insights-blog/acting-data/gun-violence-united-states-outlier

Age-adjusted firearm homicide rates in the US are 33 times greater than in Australia and 77 times greater than in Germany.

Gun violence accounts for over 8% of deaths in the US among those under age 20.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-remain-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-and-teens

New Report Highlights U.S. 2022 Gun-Related Deaths: Firearms Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens, and Disproportionately Affect People of Color

But please, tell me how it's just minority teenagers in gangs and how that somehow makes it okay.