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AndyS

(14,559 posts) Tue May 18, 2021, 09:41 AM May 2021

Can somebody please explain this to me? Anybody? [View all]

The Israeli Palestinian conflict has raged for 9 days.

They are at war with each other using rockets, missiles and other weapons of mass destruction. Deaths have reached more than 200.

Meanwhile in America about 750 people have been killed with guns.

President Biden is calling for a cease fire in the Middle east region. Can we have a cease fire here in America?

I just don't understand how two Peoples at open war with each other using weapons of mass destruction can only manage to kill 200 while we here in America can kill three times that with easily available civilian guns while we are at peace.

Can somebody please explain this to me? ANYBODY??

(because somebody will ask for a link to support my numbers, JUST GOOGLE IT FOR GOD'S SAKE)

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Can somebody please explain this to me? Anybody? [View all] AndyS May 2021 OP

Good point NQAS May 2021 #1

I share your frustration StarfishSaver May 2021 #2

Nobody is using WMDs n/t Shrek May 2021 #3

By definition any weapon that does not select a specific target AndyS May 2021 #6

Nice definition on terms... diverdownjt May 2021 #30

It isn't true Tarc May 2021 #31

Great point! Lets argue about who's definition is correct while people die. AndyS May 2021 #35

I'm sorry that you seem to be dismissive of the truth Tarc May 2021 #48

Ya' see? That's just the point. You can find any truth you want to on the web and link to it. AndyS May 2021 #49

Our population is the 3rd largest on Earf, 33 times Israels but I get the idea uponit7771 May 2021 #4

Right! ShazzieB May 2021 #8

Yes, Joe should ask people to stop shooting each other. SYFROYH May 2021 #5

750 in 9 days? Is that accurate? Yikes bucolic_frolic May 2021 #7

If you dig into the annual death toll due to gun violence ffr May 2021 #9

Yeah, gunners point that out all the time as if those deaths don't count. AndyS May 2021 #13

My little brother, who was planning to be a paramedic like the television show Emergency!, ... hunter May 2021 #46

I don't have words to express my sorrow for you or your brother. AndyS May 2021 #47

Oh please let's not have the "you can't count suicides" line " heckles65 May 2021 #15

Sure we can get a cease fire in America Groundhawg May 2021 #10

Gun violence has become normalized in America dlk May 2021 #11

I know this is not the explanation you want, but here goes: AZ8theist May 2021 #12

Death by gun in America is also one sided. AndyS May 2021 #14

The news rarely details the horror the Palestinians live under. Probatim May 2021 #21

In my ignorance, and believe me... mac2766 May 2021 #38

If you're at war you know people will be shooting at you treestar May 2021 #16

As a Democrat, maybe you should reconsider taking offense at people who expect evidence for claims. Towlie May 2021 #17

Yes, I understand that wild claims happen a lot on the series of tubes but AndyS May 2021 #22

So you're expecting DUers to troll you? intheflow May 2021 #42

Yeah, that's exactly what I said. AndyS May 2021 #43

+100 intheflow May 2021 #39

Maybe we could take a lesson from Israel's military Steelrolled May 2021 #18

The short answer? world wide wally May 2021 #19

Shorter answer . . . AndyS May 2021 #23

K&R spanone May 2021 #20

Your job is the poster is to provide links to your proof! Nt USALiberal May 2021 #24

I beg to differ on obvious accepted standards. AndyS May 2021 #26

I ignore posts without sources, many are BS! Nt USALiberal May 2021 #40

Yet you read this one and all the responses . . . AndyS May 2021 #41

No I did not! Nt USALiberal May 2021 #44

They do live in a very rough neighbourhood. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #25

The USA has 330 million people; Gaza (where almost all of those 200 deaths were) has 2 million Spider Jerusalem May 2021 #27

So, to recognize that there is an issue with gun deaths in America we have to wait for AndyS May 2021 #29

Try more like 35000 Spider Jerusalem May 2021 #36

Great point. You win, I guess. AndyS May 2021 #37

One can point out the error in logic/stats with the op Zeitghost May 2021 #45

Really good point. I got nothin'. We're the wild west of the world and getting worse. nt Evolve Dammit May 2021 #28

No one is using weapons of mass destruction here, stop being hyperbolic Tarc May 2021 #32

This is why I rebel against 'link please' arguments. AndyS May 2021 #34

That's a rather incriminating Roc2020 May 2021 #33