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Re:US could soon approve MDMA therapy – opening an era of ps... by JAlexoid on Thursday April 20, 2023 @11:18AM (#35641449)
Murder rates have been going down in all developed nations, regardless of the gun ownership statistics.

Even being gun regulation advocate, I cannot accept the premise that banning guns will do much to reduce murder rates.

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Re:US could soon approve MDMA therapy – opening an era of ps... by AlecSchueler on Thursday April 20, 2023 @11:35AM (#35641703)
But the homicide rate is still significantly higher where there is lax gun control right?
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Re:US could soon approve MDMA therapy – opening an era of ps... by refurb on Thursday April 20, 2023 @11:51AM (#35641959)
No, actually.

Vermont has allowed people to carry a concealed weapons without a license - literally buy a handgun, stick it in your pants - and has had a consistently lower murder rate than Washington DC which banned handguns until recently.

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Re:US could soon approve MDMA therapy – opening an era of ps... by AlecSchueler on Thursday April 20, 2023 @12:17PM (#35642306)
I meant more in comparison to other nations in Europe for example. It's difficult to compare individual states within the US because of how guns travel across state lines.

https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/state-gun-laws-ma...

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Re:US could soon approve MDMA therapy – opening an era of ps... by refurb on Thursday April 20, 2023 @12:35PM (#35642551)
Czech Republic has very liberal gun laws, you can get a concealed carry permit with less effort than some US states and the murder rate is 0.72 per 100,000.
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Re:US could soon approve MDMA therapy – opening an era of ps... by AlecSchueler on Thursday April 20, 2023 @01:21PM (#35643193)
That's fair.
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