Denver police have arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a man whose leg was blocking the aisle on a public bus.

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    10 months ago

    Lmao how America-brained do you have to be to say that thinking 13 year olds having guns is a bad thing is “pearl clutching”

    No. 13 year olds should not have guns.

    And I’m from Asia you nitwit. I speak a couple of Asian languages, as well as a couple of European ones, such as the one I’m speaking now.

    Asia does not have a gun problem. Africa does not have a gun problem. You made that up and tbh it just sounds like racist dog whistle - “those uncivilised darkies and slit-eyes are violent savages! Their children have machine guns! No I don’t have any proof, don’t ask!”

    South America yeah, particularly Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia. And so does the US. Forgive me for having higher expectations of the highest GDP country in the world than I do of fucking Venezuela.

    Children should not have tools designed expressly for quick and easy murder. If you think otherwise, cool. Have a good think about it next time you’re on the bus and a child shoots you when you do something to mildly inconvenience him.

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      10 months ago

      I love how you put a bunch of words in my mouth that I never said just to defend yourself.

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        10 months ago

        I didn’t.

        And the facts I have you spoke for themselves.

        Come on. Where’s your evidence of Asia and Africa having gin problems? Of kids with machine guns?

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            10 months ago

            Gotta give you credit, it was very clever of you to link to an article without any real stats, but which makes it sound really rife.

            It was a good try, but no.

            United States: 11 gun deaths per 100k.

            South Africa: 6 gun deaths per 100k.

            South Africa is the most violent place in Africa by far, and isn’t representative of Africa at all, and still has a gun homicide rate that’s roughly half of the US.