Let me answer this one: Because even California’s relatively strict gun laws—strict only by our pitiful American standards—are toothless compared to the gun regulation taken for granted in every other civilized nation on earth.

nytimes.com/2023/01/29/us/cali

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@JamesGleick California has one of the lowest firearm mortality rates in the country (7th). Even though the article makes a passing reference to this, of course the clickbait headline is all most people see.

CDC stats: cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/

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