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ClintBarton616 t1_jcb5sv0 wrote

This problem won't go away without alleviating poverty and sustained longterm investments in the hardest hit communities. As long as we're just willing to farm out the job of government to grieving parents, non-profits and an endless list of foundations, we'll get a new version of this every three years

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FreakLipsHighC t1_jcbpedk wrote

Shootings and violent crime went down significantly from the 90s to the mid 2010s, with increases in poverty in some places.

The problem with saying “gun violence won’t go down until we alleviate this other problem” is that you’re trying to affect the problem indirectly.

Alleviating poverty is a worthy goal in itself. Alleviating violence is a worthy goal. They are not necessarily that causal. There is correlation certainly, but you can work on either one by itself

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