They’re ubiquitous. They’re easy to purchase. And they are both destroying our collective health.
America leads the world in civilian gun ownership and gun homicides. According to Pew Research, nearly 75% of gun owners say they “could not imagine life without a gun”
Since 1968, the number of Americans who have died from gunfire is greater than the tally of all Americans lost to war since (and including) the Revolutionary War (PolitiFact 2013)
The United States leads the rest of the world on average daily sugar consumption per capita (Washington Post as quoted by Diabetes Council, 2018); and we consume over ten times as much of it annually as we did a century ago (Avail Clinical Research as quoted by Diabetes Council, 2018)
Sugar intake has a direct correlation to body weight. It is known to suppress the immune system, accelerate aging and increase the risk of dying from heart disease if it constitutes over 25% of daily caloric intake (multiple sources cited by Diabetes Council as of 2018)