President says ā€˜epidemic of gun violence is tearing our communities apartā€™ after mass shootings in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Baltimore and Chicago

    • Dissasterix @lemmy.world
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      This is the sad reality. Gun violence is generally committed by sick people. Similarly, I saw this chart a few years back on Australian gun/knife violence. The plots are mirrored. Violence is sort of static.

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          The loser of a knife fight dies in the street, the winner dies in the hospital.

          I donā€™t recall the origin of that or whether thatā€™s the exact wording but the general idea at least has stuck with me.