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[–] 47 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Just because I thought it would make it easier on us if we could just say ‘Hey, we don’t do that here.’”

In 2023 over 15,000 people were murdered with guns in the United States. You definitely do that there. You know you do. You're very good at it, and you refuse to do anything about it. You have no compassion for the other victims, so to cry about how one of your own was at the receiving end is political theatre.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    He was talking specifically about Utah when he said "here". He even mentioned that the state was leading the nation in charitable donations. There was zero ambiguity.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The bulk of those "Charitable" contributions are "voluntary" contributions to the mormon church. Members must contribute 10% of their income plus a little extra just because in order to hold positions of leadership in the church, get married attend cult weddings and most importantly not go to hell.

    The mormon church uses less than 1% of their funds for humanitarian needs. The other 99% is used to expand the hundreds of billions in hoarded wealth.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    How many of those deaths are gang on gang violence?

    In 2023, the majority of U.S. gun deaths were suicides (58%) and homicides (38%).

    That's pretty wild. But with over 400,000,000 guns in the USA it's not going to stop anybody.

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