Once you subtract suicides, self-defense, justifiable homicides, officer involved shootings, and accidents, what you’re left with is a statistic that indicates 100% of gun violence is caused by less than 1% of gun owners.

Overall, the vast, VAST majority of gun owners in the US are safe and do make good choices.

No, the biggest problem (IMO) is that we enshrine the right to bear arms, but mandate no education about firearms in public school. If we’re going to embrace guns the same way we do cars, we should teach “shooter’s ed” the same way we teach “driver’s ed.”

The second biggest problem is, even though most Americans agree that the root causes of violence need to be addressed (poverty, homelessness, unemployment, mental health, etc.) the sad reality of our political system is that these interests aren’t represented because capitalists have hijacked our government for their own benefit.

I’m a member of the American public. I abide by the rules, make smart choices, and don’t tolerate those who don’t. All my friends are the same way.

Less than 1% of American gun owners commit 100% of gun violence in the US.

Have you ever tried it?

There’s nothing quite so uniquely irritating as someone intensely critical of something they know very little about.

There was never any need for the eagle debate. In the books, the idea of the eagles is explicitly rejected by Gandalf because it would have been too obvious and too risky. Sauron would surely see them riding the eagles, and the eagles could have been corrupted by the ring’s power.

I can read just fine. You’re asserting that climate change should be embraced because we’ll learn to “live with it.” I’m pointing out that you’re ignoring a giant mountain of evidence that says the best case scenario is that ten percent of our species survives. So, if we’re understanding each other correctly, ninety percent of humans dying is the “new normal” you’re saying we should be cool with, and I’m not cool with that.

I just realized you’re from .ml. Please block me, I can’t stand you assholes anyway.

Ok then, it sounds like you think the only way to improve society is to replace its members with ones who are “more sensible,” as defined by you. Sorry, but I’m not sure how to help you with that one either.

You’re right, capitalism won’t make the Earth completely uninhabitable. Many mass extinction events have occurred in our planet’s past, and life has always eventually recovered (obviously).

However, capitalism will destroy our planet’s ability to sustain our society, and eventually our species, and it is doing so at an alarming rate. To disagree, at this point, is to ignore an amout of scientific evidence so substantial, it amounts similarly to denying the Earth is round.

It sounds like you’re saying the only way to better a society is to replace all its members with ones who already agree with you. If so, I’m not real sure how to help you. Good luck with that.

Climate change goes beyond killing each other; it’s killing our planet’s ability to sustain our species.

They have bunkers, they have stockpiles of food and medicine, and they have staff to maintain it all. They fully believe they have the means and resources to insulate themselves from all consequences.