[hanamizu]

“The lawsuit comes as gun violence reaches historic levels in the city...”

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The violence cited isn’t gun violence, it is human violence. Philadelphia apparently has a problem with violent people who are shooting each other. But rather than focus on what’s wrong with the humans involved, city politicians want to focus on the weapons the violent people are using.

London, having pretty much eliminated firearms now has a knife violence problem with the occasional acid violence problem. But whatever you do, no not mention the violent people involved.

[marktwain]

The violence cited isn’t gun violence, it is human violence.

Exactly. "Gun Violence" is an Orwellian term used to turn the political focus to guns, not crime.

It assigns malevolence and volition to inanimate objects.