Denver police have arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a man whose leg was blocking the aisle on a public bus.

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    9 months ago

    Lmao how America-brained do you have to be to say that thinking 13 year olds having guns is a bad thing is “pearl clutching”

    No. 13 year olds should not have guns.

    And I’m from Asia you nitwit. I speak a couple of Asian languages, as well as a couple of European ones, such as the one I’m speaking now.

    Asia does not have a gun problem. Africa does not have a gun problem. You made that up and tbh it just sounds like racist dog whistle - “those uncivilised darkies and slit-eyes are violent savages! Their children have machine guns! No I don’t have any proof, don’t ask!”

    South America yeah, particularly Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia. And so does the US. Forgive me for having higher expectations of the highest GDP country in the world than I do of fucking Venezuela.

    Children should not have tools designed expressly for quick and easy murder. If you think otherwise, cool. Have a good think about it next time you’re on the bus and a child shoots you when you do something to mildly inconvenience him.

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        9 months ago

        I didn’t.

        And the facts I gave you spoke for themselves. Your argument practically mocks itself.

        Come on. Where’s your evidence of Asia and Africa having gun problems? Of kids with machine guns?

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            9 months ago

            Gotta give you credit, it was very clever of you to link to an article without any real stats, but which makes it sound really rife.

            It was a good try, but no.

            United States: 11 gun deaths per 100k.

            South Africa: 6 gun deaths per 100k.

            South Africa is the most violent place in Africa by far, and isn’t representative of Africa at all, and still has a gun homicide rate that’s roughly half of the US.

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                Why are you putting words in my mouth?

                You posted an article with no real stats, and you cherrypicked one of the most violent countries on the planet.

                I provided real stats to compare them and still the US’s rate was almost twice as high!

                I don’t think you understand what the “ok boomer” meme is.

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                    Never said it wasn’t rife. I said you cherrypicking possibly the most violent country out of all Africa and Asia, but making sure to pick an article where it didn’t actually tell you the gun homicide rate (because it’s much lower than the US’s), was a laughable move.

                    It is rife. It’s just over half the US’s gun homicide rate, which is huge.

                    What part of this aren’t you getting? Is there something you’d like explained to you? Would it help if I tried to use fewer, shorter words?