I'm not saying it isn't a problem, I'm saying it's not anywhere near as big of problem as people and the media are making it out to be. It's no different than the idea of background checks and "assault rifle" bans and mass shootings. Americas priorities are fucked up.
Less than a quarter of a percent of gun deaths are from mass shooting yet we spend 99% of our effort and time talking about that as opposed to trying to make changes to something where efforts actually effect change.
We are focusing 99% of our time and effort talking about white police shooting black males, and completing forgetting to talk about things that actually have huge effects on that same community. Like the fact that they are more likely to be imprisioned for non violent drug crimes. How your more likely to end up on death row. How our monetary system forces them to remain in poverty or how our drug laws have a major hand played in the fact that over 90% of black males are murdered by other black males.
We don't talk about those things because people don't give two shits about real change. They just want this facade of holding hands and being down for the cause to keep their position of power in whatever capacity that is.
The house is on fire and we are worried about changing the batteries in the remote control.
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