• GiddyGap@lemm.eeOP
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    6 hours ago

    A child dying from something that could have been prevented cannot be dismissed as a simple statistical insignificance. That’s the most cynical thing I’ve heard in a while.

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      6 hours ago

      Individual tragedies are never going to be prevented. You might as well mandate kids exist in giant hamster balls 24/7.

      Oh, but then they might suffocate.

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        6 hours ago

        It’s perfectly preventable in other countries. In the western world, this is pretty much a uniquely American experience.

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          We should ban seat belts, then. Theres a non-zero chance that they could trap you in a car in a crash leading to your death. Never mind that the chance is statistically insignificant.

          Also, do other countries mandate this safety feature?

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            Seat belts are designed specifically to save people’s lives. In action, they prevent a lot more deaths than they cause. Firearms are designed specifically to take people’s lives. In action, they cause a lot more deaths than they prevent.

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          You can’t undo the 2nd amendment, there are over 400 million guns in the country.

          The fact that there are only 11 deaths per year on a population of 400 million guns shows just how insignificant the problem is.

          It’s not even a “1 in a million” kind of thing.

          It’s a 1 in 36 million kind of thing.

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            4 hours ago

            It seems Trump has no problem advocating for undoing the 14th Amendment to ban birthright citizenship. If he does that, I see no problem undoing the 2nd Amendment.