By Colion Noir
So now Luke Skywalker decided to jump into the gun debate with a horrible take posting on Twitter/X:
“Every day, more than 100 Americans are killed with guns. Gun homicide rates in the U.S. are 26x higher than other developed nations. I #WearOrange in honor of those who lost their lives to gun Violence. #Everytown #MomsDemand”
Every day, more than 100 Americans are killed with guns.
Gun homicide rates in the U.S. are 26x higher than other developed nations.
I #WearOrange in honor of those who lost their lives to gun violence.#NationalGunViolenceAwarenessDay@MomsDemand @Everytown pic.twitter.com/8xHMZ5tlau
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) June 8, 2024
He doesn’t even realize proving the gun community right when we say it’s not a gun problem. It’s a socio-economic problem.
He’s only comparing developed nations because clearly you’re going to have a higher gun homicide rate in a poor underprivileged country.
The problem is the vast majority of violence with a gun in the United States comes from poor underprivileged inner city areas! He’s essentially saying, “Of course, we expect more violence with a gun from poor, underdeveloped nations; they’re poor and underdeveloped.”
In the same way, most violence with guns comes from poor, undeveloped inner city areas. So it’s not a gun issue; it’s a poor and underdeveloped area issue.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost every major study on defensive gun use has found that Americans use their firearms defensively between 500,000 and 3 million times each year.
On the low end, well over 1000 people a day are saved by a gun, and over 8,000 people on the high end.
So, what color are you going to wear on #DefensiveGunUseDay? Or do people’s lives only matter when it comes to pushing gun control?
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