the state of Mississippi is 1st in something besides fatasses............

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Fortunately, in the USA that's the only reason you need.

I wouldn't say fortunately. But yea it is.

I don't pig hunt, but everyone I know that pig hunts uses an AR-15. The goal is to eradicate the pigs. Also, those AR's would do a lot of good in a situation like Ukraine is in right now. That's what the 2nd amendment is about as much as anything else.
I've never hunted with my AR or my AK but I guess I could if I wanted to. I prefer lever guns, bolt actions, or my bow.

There's some nuance there about game wardens that should be enveloped into more government jobs to help with hog pest control. But that's so far removed from the main issue it ain't worth getting to that level of detail for me.

As for hunting, if you can't kill in one clean shot then you don't deserve the kill. But maybe I'm just a purist.

Jackson had 155 homicides in 2021 alone. Their population is about 150,000. Nearby Madison has had 1 homicide in its entire history (and it was committed by someone who didn't live in Madison). It has about 30,000 people.

What is the difference? It's certainly not guns, as Madison has tons of legal gun owners that enjoy guns, hunting, etc. So what is the difference?

Poverty. Literally poverty causes people to turn towards crime. I'm going to fold my response to you with my response to the 3 dogwhistlers / blatant racists commenting here.

Literally making guns inaccessible for the poor would eliminate tons of violence. A black market gun costing 25k? The only people who could afford that don't need to kill to eat.

And the mentally insane wouldn't be sold a gun on the black market either.