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Here’s a thing we should *all* be paying close attention to: While partisans are pushing anti-gun and pro-gun narratives, an *actual* cause of violent crime of all kinds comes from socioeconomic and environmental factors such as exposure to lead. https://www.edf.org/blog/2013/07/10/surprising-connection-between-pollution-and-violent-crime …pic.twitter.com/3fQoIHqrog
Partisans on the “left” want to push the idea that the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban led to a reduction in firearm homicides. And it’s true that, unbeknownst to most, the firearm-homicide rate peaked in 1993, and has dropped by *half* since then. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/ …pic.twitter.com/GihvcNA1JQ
But they tend to leave out 2 major factors: 1) Roe vs Wade. With abortion being made legal, children were more likely to be born to parents who were prepared to raise them. 1993 is the year the last of those unwanted children would’ve turned 21.https://mobile.nytimes.com/1999/08/20/us/linking-drop-in-crime-to-rise-in-abortion.html …
Lead has been scientifically proven not only to reduce IQs and other factors related to learning, but lead exposure can cause mental-health issues, up to and including psychosis and schizophrenia. https://www.sovhealth.com/health-and-wellness/lead-poisonings-harmful-impact-on-physical-and-mental-health/ …pic.twitter.com/2XEFjwKiKh
The link between lead exposure and violent crime is actually incredibly well-documented. Here’s a solid, recent overview by @kdrum:https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/02/an-updated-lead-crime-roundup-for-2018/ …
And right now, today, there are thousands of communities in the US with lead contamination in their drinking water. *THOUSANDS*https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lead-map/reuters-finds-3810-u-s-areas-with-lead-poisoning-double-flints-idUSKBN1DE1H2 …
So, while the “if it bleeds, it leads” ratings-driven news media is definitely pushing a narrative of gun violence, and usually blaming the guns themselves as the primary reason for it, this is simply a gross oversimplification of the problems we are actually facing.
If we want to fix our nation’s violent crime - truly fix it, not just feel good about “doing something” whether or not it’s effective - the answer isn’t as simple or easy as “gun-control legislation.” Anybody who would have you believe this is either dishonest or ignorant.
The actual answer will take a long time and a lot of consistent effort, because to fix violent crime, we need to clean up our environment (esp air and water), lessen the wealth/wage gap, institute universal (including mental) healthcare, end the drug war...
...end mass incarceration, rebuild our nation’s mental-health infrastructure (Reagan defunded ours in 1981), get money out of politics, & generally create a cleaner, fairer, more just society.
And most of these things start with you as voters.
#GetToWork
#ThePartiesAreTheProblem
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