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Who's minimizing? I'm just stating my belief. Mentally healthy people do not go on murder/suicide rampages.
You do know the crime rate in America has been on a downward trend for almost the last 40 years right?
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So anyone, who commits any violent crime, should be labeled as mentally ill? Then what?
It's more about where we stand in regard to gun violence and the rest of the world. Not necessarily about where it stands right now.
U.S. Has 31st Highest Rate Of Gun Violence In The World : Goats and Soda : NPR
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The IHME also estimates what it would expect a country's rate of gun violence deaths to be based solely on its socioeconomic status. By that measure, the U.S. should only be seeing .79 deaths per 100,000 people — almost five times less than its actual rate of 3.85 deaths per 100,000.
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We should be aiming for a better number and rating than we have here. Instead we're going, "well, at least we're better than Guatemala and Iraq, so that means we're all good to go." There's really no good reason why our number is that far out of whack from other countries of the same socioeconomic standing. Shouldn't the goal to be better? Not simply, better than Iraq?