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I think just having a culture shift away from the romantic idea that private guns deter crime and offer protection would bring down the amount of gun accidents
by lolc 11y ago
I think just having a culture shift away from the romantic idea that private guns deter crime and offer protection would bring down the amount of gun accidents considerably. Punishing people after something bad happens turns out to not work very well for prevention. Another romantic idea demolished by reality.
Compare:
Psychoactive substances: We just lock up anybody touching them.
Guns: We lock up anybody abusing them.
Observe how both approaches fail to protect us from irresponsible people.
- ZoeZoeBee 11y agoBanning Guns may Decrease Gun Violence, But they do not have the effect of reducing Violent Crime In General. Case In point Australia After the Gun Ban Saw Violent Crimes increase, for a few years and after those the decline in Violence was less than the decline seen in most first world nations like the US. http://www.aic.gov.au/statistics/violent%20crime.html http://www.aic.gov.au/statistics/violent%20crime.html Ask yourself this question why do people advocating for gun control only talk about the decrease in gun violence and not violence/homicide in general. Why is a stabbing death not equal to a gun death?
- lolc 11y agoI was talking about gun accidents. You are talking about something else, violence. People playing with knifes hardly ever accidentally stab people to death. Now if we assumed that homicides would go up when guns are effectively banned (dubious assumption), we would likely still see a drop in overall gun deaths due to the avoided accidents and suicides.