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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 7 Nov 2017

    Guns don’t completely explain high US murder rate (we exceed others even w/o guns) but help explain rampage killingshttps://nyti.ms/2hODjP5 

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      1. Paul Clark‏ @paulclark42GB 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Sometimes it's necessary for someone to crunch the numbers to demonstrate that the bleedin' obvious happens to be the right answer.

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      2. Janet Byron Anderson‏ @janetbyronander 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Context is toxic US ethos: Govt/military addicted to war. Tolerance of violence. Unstable health care. Precarious environmental protections

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Janet Byron Anderson‏ @janetbyronander 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @janetbyronander @sapinker

        A bloodthirsty, anti-life ethos. “Thoughts & prayers”, not meaningful action by legislators too many of whom are beholden to big-donor pimps

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Sarah Palin‏ @SarahPalinUSA_ 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Frankly, I think if I watched Fox News & Infowars all day, everyday, I'd probably be riled and crazy enough to shoot up a few churches too.

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      2. Morgan‏ @CMorgs1975 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        Guns sure do make it a lot easier to cause such harm.

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      3. Jake Bush‏ @WalrusMan100 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @CMorgs1975 @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        for some reason people cannot understand this simple sentence

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      2. Louis LeBlanc‏ @louleblanc 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        Legally owned guns don't even explain rampage shootings. They also don't explain vehicle attacks, bombings, or planes flying into buildings.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Louis LeBlanc‏ @louleblanc 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @louleblanc @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        Almost every shooting rampage over the last 50 years was carried out by someone that shouldn't have had a gun.

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      4. Wilaustu‏ @wilaustu 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @louleblanc @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        Hey I just want make sure I understood. By “shouldn’t” you mean they by law those certain ppl shouldn’t have had guns?

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      5. Louis LeBlanc‏ @louleblanc 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @wilaustu @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        Sorry, by "shouldn't" I mean they were in possession of their guns illegally. The Texas shooter, for instance.

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      6. Wilaustu‏ @wilaustu 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @louleblanc @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        that’s what I was thinking thx

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      2. John Hiett‏ @JohnHiett 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Increased mass gun violence likely has to do with the fall of the US economy and the great lie of corporate media that we have "recovered".

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Justin Brown‏ @xprovoke 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @JohnHiett

        Not being able to get a job drives people to mass kill? No

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      1. SΠEB‏ @snebq 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg

        Advocating military interventionism doesn't go well with advocating for gun control at home. So this liberal & neoconservative pov is void.

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      2. apprentice geomancer‏ @kimjongunSTAN 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        income inequality does

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      3. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @kimjongunSTAN @sapinker

        Income inequality is not the relevant issue. If every1 had their needs met but some were very rich, wld be irrelevant that some were rich.

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      4. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @sapinker

        Conditions of poverty R more relevant than the absolute difference between the richest and the poorest.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. apprentice geomancer‏ @kimjongunSTAN 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @sapinker

        There is no correlation between gnp and violence. But if you look at income inequality, the more the is, the more social instability

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @kimjongunSTAN @sapinker

        Explain why the presence of Bill gates at a distant mansion impact whether 1 gang member shoots another?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @sapinker

        I agree there is a correlation. I just want to understand the mechanism. I think there R other explanations that just happen to correlate.

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      8. apprentice geomancer‏ @kimjongunSTAN 7 Nov 2017
        Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @sapinker

        This mechanism is too complex for a tweet but I’ll tell you that most gang members acquire guns illegally so law has nothing to do with it

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