in this little piece<\/a>, in which Mark once again says \u2018evil gun cult, we must do anything, if you disagree with my non-solutions then Gun Cult!\u2019, several great commenters step in to bring sense, reality, and facts to the table. <\/p>\nParticularly compelling is Mike Flynn\u2019s point that if you look at certain metropolitan areas in Canada and the US near the Canadian border, it\u2019s amazing how the homicide rate fluctuates. \u00a0Sometimes, the rates in Canadian cities exceed their US counterparts. \u00a0It\u2019s amazing. \u00a0We\u2019re brainwashed by the media and the Left to think that the US is this giant homogeneous thing, where murders are everywhere, white cops are killing everyone, guns are everywhere killing everyone, and all you need to do to avoid this horror is step into any place in any other place in the world and it\u2019s John Lennon songs and flowers in the hair.<\/p>\n
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