Gun ownership

Americas cause of deaths '23

Heart disease: 680,981
Cancer: 613,352
Accidents: 222,698
Stroke: 162,639
Chronic lower respiratory: 145,357
Alzheimer: 114,034
Diabetes: 95,190
Nephritis: 55,253
Chronic liver & cirrhosis: 52,222
COVID-19: 49,932

www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm

Guns 46,728

January 26, 2026 - 09:01 UTC

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The absolute irony/stupidity that similar numbers are killed by guns as covid, given the venn diagram crossover between gun owners and anti vaxxers/refuse to wear a mask people.
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I don't know how many would be vulnerable so COVID would be more lethal? Or how many don't wear masks. Even if that was 5% avoidable deaths that would raise gun deaths to 10th leading cause of death.

Completely avoidable deaths.
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Ownership and attitude: An American colleague told me that if he caught his wife, the mother of his 6 kids, including one with disabilities, with another man, he would need two bullets, one for him, one for her. (So I guess he would ratger see his kids grew up with no mother AND a father in jail!)
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That's insane on so many levels.

If a man says he has an excuse to murder a woman, then people need to try & help her gain sanctuary.

I hope she left, & I hope he didn't murder her.

I've escaped violent partners, I can think of 2 partners that if a gun was there I would be dead.
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It's a specific American disease, thought of as freedom but ultimately a poison.

I'd hope if any country saw 11th leading cause of death as an object that could just be removed.

Especially as the rational that it would keep them safe has been shown demonstrably a lie it makes a person a target.
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