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Canada, Mexico, European Union should all boycott or sanction the US until it gets the violence (Original Post) 5X Aug 2019 OP
I like cilla4progress Aug 2019 #1
I have been wondering if.... Pacifist Patriot Aug 2019 #2
Country musicians would take over lame54 Aug 2019 #5
Mexico? Really? EX500rider Aug 2019 #3
3 is not the EU's rate, it's "Europe" muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #6
Internal laws that affect the populace are the repsonsibility of the populace muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #4

Pacifist Patriot

(24,654 posts)
2. I have been wondering if....
Sun Aug 4, 2019, 12:24 PM
Aug 2019

Musicians went on a tour strike until our politicians got their shit together on guns, if that would make any sort of impact.

EX500rider

(10,866 posts)
3. Mexico? Really?
Sun Aug 4, 2019, 12:31 PM
Aug 2019

Their homicide rate is 5 times worse then the US.
Mexico 24.8 per 100,000 vs 5.3 for the US.

And the EU's rate isn't radically different then the US rate, 3 per 100,000 vs 5 per 100,000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

muriel_volestrangler

(101,364 posts)
6. 3 is not the EU's rate, it's "Europe"
Sun Aug 4, 2019, 03:26 PM
Aug 2019

which includes Russia (rate 9, and a bigger population than any EU member) and Ukraine (6, and a significant population). Of the largest EU countries:
Germany 1.0
UK 1.2
France 1.3
Italy 0.67
Spain 0.7
Poland 0.8

muriel_volestrangler

(101,364 posts)
4. Internal laws that affect the populace are the repsonsibility of the populace
Sun Aug 4, 2019, 03:16 PM
Aug 2019

if it's a democracy, not other countries. It's up to American voters to get rid of the national or state politicians who do the NRA's work.

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