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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
^^^^ he's got a point.. violent crime is on the serious decline over the last 10-15 years no matter what the news makes it seem like. The main problem is people have delusions that it's possible to stop ALL violent crime, which is ludicrous.
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...and actually, violent crimes started really dropping about 25 years ago.
In the last 30 years, about 630 people have been killed in mass shootings in the US. In that same time, about 3000 have been killed by lightning.
You want to have total security in exchange for living in a state where every move is questioned and scrutinized by the government, every letter, email, phone call, and every conversation you have with any friend is recorded and processed, etc, etc, etc....
