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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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If the Spiderman character was invented today, he would be stopping school shootings (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Murder was already banned, and it keeps happening.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

And yet the consistent element between the countries with lots of mass shooting vs the ones with very few of them is how easy respectively difficult it is to get a weapon. Coincidence? Possible. But there's enough evidence to suggest there's a causal link, and a significant one.