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the observer which is a British publication
had an article by a columnist named Henry Porter
this guy called for an international
intervention into the United States gone epidemic
is an amazing
like first of all the thought never crossed my mind
and all I do is immersed myself in politics and economics and stuff like
that on a daily basis you guys are well aware that that's why do what I do right
what a fascinating thought now look I don't know whether he's being tongue in
cheek
run away with being completely serious but either way he makes some
absolutely devastating points in his in his piece
he says the United States is a quote
country where people are better armed and only slightly less nervy
then rebel fighters in Syria staying men
staying he continues quote
what if we no longer for this as just a problem for america and instead viewed
it as an
international humanitarian crisis ok was I civil war if you like
that calls for an outside intervention as citizens in the world perhaps we
should demand in
end to the unimaginable suffering all victims and their families
remaining in killing of children just as America does
in every new civil conflict around the globe %uh
yet again Mary Turner right back on us you like what you guys lecturing
everybody around the world
I mean you name the country I will tell you a date and a time when you were back
then you said a you gotta stop do XYZ because that's not right you're
violating humanitarian
a standards well i cant
what the *** why can we turn around on you when we see all eleven thousand
people die every year from gun violence
food I believe that's known as
I checkmate up a point there is no rebuttal to that
he continues we should note
that dealing with the risks love scolding and secondary smoke
came well before addressing a problem of people who go on to to buy a lot today
there can be no weirder order of priorities
on this planet again another devastating point we flipped out over second-hand
smoke because some people were dying from it and rightfully so we should have
went out about it we should pass legislation that we did
well so that's a public health crisis
but much less people die from second-hand smoke they do from gun
violence
when it comes to gun while so we can do a very good when they ever under any
circumstances
not even a *** universal background check think about that when ninety-one
percent of the American people want it
we going to get that passed gee I wonder if it's because
the NRA which is funded by the gun manufacturers
has bought our politicians anne gets our politicians to do their bidding
there have been fewer than 20 terror related deaths on American soil since
9/11
and about 364,000 s
caused by privately own firearms
it any European nation as such a record and persisted
in addressing only the first figure while ignoring the second
you can bet your last pound that the state department would be warning
against travel to that country
and no american would set foot in it without body armor
yet again man that is it absolutely
in or you will point