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by perryizgr8 1751 days ago
> Approximately 500,000 people around the world are killed by guns each year.

Huh... That's much lower than I expected. So all these decades of heated argumentation over this while car accidents kill 3x the number of people.

Also keep in mind that removing guns doesn't remove the intent to kill. Many of the people who intend to kill somebody will find a way without a gun.