• WashedOver@lemmy.ca
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    2 年前

    I have to think miniature guns for toddlers would open up whole new segments for gun manufacturers

    • MBZzZzZzZz@lemmy.world
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      With different skins. There’ll be a pokemon skin, a lego skin, a paw patrol skin … The market is endless, and most importantly, untapped.

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      In 2021 4,752 children had gun related deaths. That’s 13 a day.

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      Start them young. With extracurricular marksmanship classes as well, to get them to shoot accurately

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        My high school used to have a shooting range. It was taught as part of P.E.

        You make a joke of it… but people back then legitimately did it… I feel taking that away (the fundamental understanding of what a gun is) has done a lot of harm in today’s society.

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          Somehow other countries that never had gun ranges in their schools are not having the problems America has with guns.

          I wonder why! 🤔

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            Ah yes, because learning about how guns work and firing one makes you instantly into a homicidal maniac! Better not play those videos games! I hear they make you violent.

            Edit: Just to prove the point though… British Virgin Islands is worse than America. Must be because those laws are so effective… Not because of the neighbors. Not at all.

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                Under the “crown’s” rule… and has a significantly higher homicide/gun violence/death rates. Almost like the law alone doesn’t matter if the location is terrible. Proximity to central/south American is a problem.

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                  They’ve had six shooting deaths in this entire year.

                  America has had 35,000

                  Pretty sure the problem is proximity to America. Where do you think those guns in central/south America are coming from?

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                    You’re not looking at per capita rates are you? Way to drop the ball there.

                    their population is ~32,000, USA is about 11,000x bigger. 6*11000 = 66000, or about double the American rate!