• rayyy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Given the opportunity to outlaw “assault weapons” or eliminate hate, fear and greed, which do you think would reduce deaths the most? Saying this because Amish communities are generally armed to the teeth without any shootings.

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      1 year ago

      I would guess countries/societies with a (much) smaller wealth gap and more homogenous culture/values have less mass shootings. Perhaps in these societies there is less isolation between people, for better and worse?

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      1 year ago

      Ah yes, the Amish. Famously violent, and always running around with their AR-15s, high capacity magazines, just to really show off how modest, simple and peaceful their lives are.

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      1 year ago

      Amish communities deal with those things in a different horrible way. Like excommunicating people who know nothing outside of the community.