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When was the last time you had a discussion with anyone about why the US has a higher gun violence rate than other similarly situated countries? People just don't have discussions like that without a catalyst like Moore. You can say that conversation happened all the time prior to Columbine, but my memory would be very different from yours in that regard.

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Before I could have an intelligent discussion about the "higher" gun violence rate in the US, I would have to know where the supporting statistics came from. Are the statistics valid? Is this per capita? Which other countries were we compared with?

Once I knew the answer to these (and possibly other) questions, I might decide that in reality, the US doesn't have a higher gun violence rate than other similarly situated countries.