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[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Yup. Mass shootings, drunken arguments that go too far, and spousal killings are flashy and stick in the public’s mind. But, the largest epidemic stemming from the omnipresence of firearms in America is self-inflicted gunshots.