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...if people have easy access to guns, you will have more deaths by guns ... because guns are a "force or thought multiplier". I read that about 40,000 people
by lr4444lr 9y ago
...if people have easy access to guns, you will have more deaths by guns
... because guns are a "force or thought multiplier".
I read that about 40,000 people are killed/injured by guns per year, with 44% of households owning one. Meanwhile 1.3 million people die in road crashes - let alone injuries. If we simply judge "empirically" what happens by sheer ratios of ownership, the NRA's arguments make even more sense. That isn't to say I agree with their jingoism, but let's not oversimplify the issue.
- titzer 9y ago> Meanwhile 1.3 million people die in road crashes You're comparing a global number to...something else. In the US (~33,000 deaths annually by firearm, including suicide, ~32,000 traffic fatalities). What was your point again?
- fundabulousrIII 9y agoYou'd rather the suicides use more primitive implements? If you are done with things a gun is pretty painless and nearly certain. Everything else should have warning labels.
- grzm 9y agoAs the guidelines request, > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html This is particularly important on sensitive topics, such as this one. The goal of HN is not combative arguments, but rather constructive, substantive discussion.
- fundabulousrIII 9y agoGet a life. Oh, excuse me, was my sarcasm too transparent?
- sctb 9y agoCould you please carefully read the guidelines and stop commenting like this? This is not up to the standards of discourse of this site.