The absolute most hilarious thing about this whole "spend money on social programs, mental health programs instead of anti-gun laws!" is that the same people whining "don't tread on me" and clinging to their weapons are the same exact people whining about Big Government and how Obamacare is evil and free market!!! The same legislators who are refusing to change gun policies are the same legislators who are refusing federal funds for public healthcare initiatives and attempting to stop social programs that keep low income groups from falling into abject poverty.
If you want to enact social programs to help minority communities who are responsible for much of the gang violence, I'm fully in favor of it, and pulling those groups up out of poverty would absolutely help stem the violence in those communities.
Let's take all that big money that the NRA pays to politicians to stop gun control measures and use it to help communities hardest hit with gun violence, how about that?
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