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UT: If only gun deaths were treated like opioid deaths
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Mark A. Taff
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Why is the number familiar? Because it is the same as the number of gun-related deaths that occur daily in the country. The opioid situation has been labeled a national crisis. Which it is and which our political establishment will undoubtedly do something about.
On the other hand, hand-gun deaths have been taken as an acceptable fact of life for decades. The president has appeared before the NRA to declare his firm support for guns. Most all our Utah Republican politicians are on the same page. The Second Amendment has been construed as allowing the vast gun industry to develop and deploy every conceivable kind of weapon. |
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netsyscon
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How is the death of an opiod adicted person (who made the choice to become adicted) similar to the gun death of a criminal who tried to kill an innocent person.
Apples and Oranges. LIBTARD |
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