If you speak to the average liberal and you mention guns, you will get a ten minute lecture on the need for "common sense gun safety legislation" which is the preferred way to say gun control these days. Meanwhile, if you mention the possibility of building a wall along the border with Mexico to the same person, you will first be called a racist and then told that there is no need for such a thing.
Remember those positions when you consider these statistics:
In 2015, there were 12,979 Americans killed in gun homicides. In the same year, 12,989 Americans were killed in heroin overdoses. In other words, more Americans dies from heroin than from gun homicides. Further, when you add in the natural and synthetic opioids, there were over 32,000 overdose deaths in 2015, a figure way more than twice the number killed in gun homicides.
There are no exact stats on where the heroin/opioids came from, but it is generally accepted by law enforcement officials that by far the biggest entry point into the USA for these drugs is illegal importation across the Mexican border.
So here's the big question. If the libs go into near total meltdown when it comes to trying to stop deaths by guns, why do they oppose a measure like the border wall that would cut off a big chunk of drugs that are killing far more Americans?
Remember those positions when you consider these statistics:
In 2015, there were 12,979 Americans killed in gun homicides. In the same year, 12,989 Americans were killed in heroin overdoses. In other words, more Americans dies from heroin than from gun homicides. Further, when you add in the natural and synthetic opioids, there were over 32,000 overdose deaths in 2015, a figure way more than twice the number killed in gun homicides.
There are no exact stats on where the heroin/opioids came from, but it is generally accepted by law enforcement officials that by far the biggest entry point into the USA for these drugs is illegal importation across the Mexican border.
So here's the big question. If the libs go into near total meltdown when it comes to trying to stop deaths by guns, why do they oppose a measure like the border wall that would cut off a big chunk of drugs that are killing far more Americans?
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