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by slothtrop 2386 days ago
> it’s our 2A right that we should dismantle, not the public schools?

Didn't say that, nor do I believe that. Just correcting the above.

> So the vast majority of gun death happens because of illegal guns

Well the majority are suicide, with legal guns. As for homicide, yes. But people don't care about that, really. They care about mass shootings, or school shootings.

> The wretched cesspools that we call public schools are creating a bullying environment that makes kids suicidal and in this way kills lots of kids

We don't know to what extent it's about bullying in the school system (kids haven't gotten meaner), or exacerbation of issues as a function of modern living (e.g. more isolation), or neither. What's clear is that guns are easily accessible to angsty homicidal loners.

I don't think schools in and of themselves are so different than those in every other developed country as to be responsible for shootings.

> And the most famous school shooting of all time, the one that started it all, columbine, sources it’s guns from an illegal gun dealer,

Yeah, they did, from unlicensed sellers. Not most.

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I agree with none of that. You’re flat out wrong about schools. People from Russia for example who transfer often make note of how amazingly viscous American high schools are. There is a massive difference. Massive.
Lot of good it does to compare anecdotes. You believe it because you want to.