Red States Dominate Shooting Death Stats
The correlation is pretty obvious. While murders are fairly evenly distributed (per 100k of population), suicides put red states way over the top. Ergo: Conservatism + Guns = Fear = Despair = Time to Meet Jesus.
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Red states are the poorest income wise in the country
If they only had more guns..
Poor and under-educated = desperate + fear = guns……..
its just simple math
Having the American Christian apocalyptic worldview is a key ingredient. When your stories and cultural rituals all deal with the imminent end of the world, what’s the fucking point of trudging through another day?