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[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Explain which bit is cherry picked and why? Is it disputed that the US has very high gun ownership and very high gun deaths when compared to other first world countries?

[–] Gathorall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It doesn't include countries with high gun ownership and low deaths. Gun ownership doesn't actually necessarily correlate with gun violence. USA is a violent country for various other reasons.

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I did a bit of research myself. A few Nordic countries, and New Zealand, have high gun ownership and low gun death rates.

It seems that the difference is that these countries have very high gun regulations, strict purchase and permit laws and restrictions on storage. I'm not an American, but in truth, is this the case in the US? For instance, none of these countries permit handgun open carry. In Australia owning a handgun at all is next to impossible (almost) and the requirements hardly make it worthwhile for target shooters.