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White House removes advisory defining gun violence as a public health issue (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social
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Webpage listing statistics and information on shootings taken down as Trump seeks to protect second amendment

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 months ago

Looks like rich long pork is back on the menu, Mario brothers

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Well, liberals are still pretty armed despite what many think

[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Sweet I’m a hardcore liberal and I hope they liberalize gun laws so I can defend America from this fascist bullshit with a lil more firepower

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

100% the moment the left starts organizing with arms, they will whiplash and attack 2A rights.

[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Yep that’s why you gotta jump on it now before it’s too late

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Buy now and bury them

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But them now and train with them. A buried firearm you have no experience with isn’t much use.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

A fair and valid point.

Buy two and bury one of them.

[–] linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago

As am I, thankfully they're plenty liberal in the Arizona territory, ready to yippie ki-yay on anyone who threatens my lifestyle.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Gun violence is being removed as a public health issue so the CDC can't track it. Simple as.