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0 pointsummwhat6y ago0 comments

High powered weaponry in the street? Someone has given you a very unrealistic conception of California.

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> Someone has given you a very unrealistic conception of California.

That someone might have been a Californian. To pick a recent example: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Videos-show-fatal-shoot...

Hyperbole aside, you are more likely to die from firearms in California than Canada. Most of that, on both sides of the border, is suicide.

ramraj076y ago

Studied in Montreal, went to Texas, then to New York. When I left Montreal, people were genuinely worried for me that I'm gonna get shot.

Contrary to popular Canadian fear mongering, the US is not a shooting free-for-all, as big as a problem gun violence might be. Of all the variables, getting shot is not something I consider about when deciding between the US and Canada.

artificial6y ago

I believe the "News" may be thanked for that.

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