Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah

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Their argument is that the biggest cause of preventable deaths in the 20th century was governments killing their own citizens (genocides in Nazi Germany, communist Russia and communist China led to over a hundred million deaths), and widespread firearm ownership makes it very hard for that to ever happen in America.

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"objectively the best place to live in the world rn"

I feel like you were just patronizing the crowd and this is pablum, but the US is one of the angriest, most dissatisfied countries on the planet. It always does poorly on happiness metrics, doesn't do great on corruption indexes, and has a median lifespan and child mortality rate more in the developing country range.

In no universe is there an objective reality where it's the best place to live.

But too much is made about deadly weapons. Every one of us has access to knives. Most of us drive 5000lb vehicles, with which a flick of the wrist could kill many. We all have infinite choices in our life that could take lives.

But we don't, because ultimately there are social issues at play that are simply more important than access to weapons. Loads of countries have access to weapons and it doesn't translate in murder rate at all.

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