What you’re really describing there is just America.
The US is by far the exception in supposedly “developed” high-income countries. Literally not a single other one has anything even close to resembling the utter shitshow of gun violence that the US is brimming with.
With far more people dying of gun-related causes annually in the United States than in other high-income countries, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., officially declared firearm violence a public health crisis on June 25, 2024.
New Report Highlights U.S. 2022 Gun-Related Deaths: Firearms Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens, and Disproportionately Affect People of Color
But please, tell me how it’s just minority teenagers in gangs and how that somehow makes it okay.
The US is by far the exception in supposedly “developed” high-income countries. Literally not a single other one has anything even close to resembling the utter shitshow of gun violence that the US is brimming with.
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2024/oct/comparing-deaths-gun-violence-us-other-countries
https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/insights-blog/acting-data/gun-violence-united-states-outlier
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-remain-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-and-teens
But please, tell me how it’s just minority teenagers in gangs and how that somehow makes it okay.