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@cjsmith78.bsky.social
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Retired finance exec in New Hampshire USA. Active hiker, trail biker and volunteer. Dartmouth College grad.

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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Excellent analysis of a point that few Americans consider: Comparing US and non-US homicide rates. Here's another perspective, based on UN Office of Drugs and Crime data.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The USA, awash in ~400Mn guns, s/h ZERO violent crime. Yet total homicide rate is 3-5x that of all other advanced nations. Could it be ... the gunz?
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Agreed. FYI, bullets w/ integrated, powder-filled shells did not exist until >50 yrs after 2A was ratified. Until then, all pistols, muskets & rifles had to be slowly muzzle-loaded in a 4-step process. Also, range & accuracy were vastly lower.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Awash in guns, the U.S. s/h zero violent crime. And yet U.S. total homicide rate is 3-5x that of ALL other advanced nations.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The U.S. has a total homicide rate 3-5x that of ALL other advanced nations.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If only voting were as easy as obtaining guns. The U.S. has a total homicide rate 3-5x that of ALL other advanced nations. And yet, awash in guns, we s/ have zero homicides.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Just a reminder about the U.S.'s disgraceful, unique and preventable level of #gunviolence compared with other nations.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Huge, enthusiastic crowd at today's #NoKings rally in Exeter, New Hampshire.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
You might want to post an addendum for Trump's heartfelt March 21 Truth Social tribute to Robert Mueller.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Agreed. But since Putin, Xi, Tulsi Gabbard, and everybody else bugs or leaks our sensitive conversations, does it really matter?
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Trump and MAGAts are replacing rule of law with "the strong consume the weak," domestically and globally, and carving the world into three empires. (h/t @jefftiedrich.bsky.social )
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Awash in ~400 million guns (more guns than people), the US s/h zero violent crime. Yet our total homicide rate is 3-5x that of ALL other advanced nations. (Data primarily per UN Office of Drugs and Crime.) Sensible #Gunsafety would save real American lives.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Wait I thought America abolished mass shootings by enabling every violence-prone idiot to easily obtain and carry guns, including battlefield weaponry.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
He's a man of the people! And I can't wait to see Malenia's WH Christmas decorations this year.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
My take on yesterday's Democratic election sweeps. REPUBLICANS: "Looks like we're gonna need a bigger ballroom."
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Here's the answer.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Agreed. The USA, awash in 400Mn guns, s/b the safest country in the world. Instead, our total homicide rate is 3-5x that of ALL other high-income nations. (Altho everyone's rate peaked in early 1990s.)
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
MAGAts value guns more than they value people. It's the guns. Pathetically easy access to guns and ammo here in gun-worshipping 'murica.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Agreed. And only in 'murica. Awash in 400 million guns, we should have zero violent crime, right? And yet the U.S. total homicide rate is 3-5x that of all other advanced nations. (Data below is primarily from the UN Office of Drugs and Crime.)
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Total homicide rates have declined 30-40% since peaking in the early 1990s -- in the U.S. and *all* advanced nations. Still, the USA, awash in guns, has a total homicide rate 3-5x that of our peers.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Awash in 400Mn guns, the USA should have ZERO violent crime. And yet ... (Source: UN Office of Drugs and Crime)
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Did #TACOTrump just watch the John Carpenter film "Escape from L.A." on cable TV at Mar-a-Lago? #NoKings
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
At HandsOff2025 in Gulfport, Florida on April 5. Probably 500 enthusiastic people in deep-Republican territory. No counterprotesters.
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Joined an enthusiastic crowd today at a pro-Ukraine, pro-democracy rally in Exeter, New Hampshire. At least half of the cars passing by honked their support; only a few sad-looking incel MAGAts gave us the middle finger as they drove by. #SlavaUkraini
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I was delighted to join about 100 other defenders of democracy and rule of law at an anti-Trump / anti-Musk rally today in front of the Exeter, New Hampshire town hall. This protest thing could become habit-forming ...
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
In fact, the U.S. has a total homicide rate 3-5x that of all other advanced nations. If more guns make us safer, why isn't our homicide rate ZERO?
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cjsmith78.bsky.social @cjsmith78.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Clippy --> Autocorrect --> Artificial Intelligence --> Skynet --> The Matrix Don't say we weren't warned!
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