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But does stopping the "gun culture" actually reduce the deaths? Would those 21,000 suicides have been prevented, or would they have just hanged themselves? Woul
by nulagrithom 9y ago
But does stopping the "gun culture" actually reduce the deaths? Would those 21,000 suicides have been prevented, or would they have just hanged themselves? Would the victims of gang violence be spared simply because unloading a low-capacity magazine isn't as fun?
To take a terribly pragmatic point of view, 60 deaths at the hands of a maniac is very little compared to the total 33,000 annual gun deaths. If you actually want to reduce the number of deaths due to guns then you're barking up the wrong tree when you ban high-capacity magazines; increasing the accessibility of mental health services for older white men would likely be far more effective. But if all you care about is destroying the gun culture then I guess you're on the right track.
- jbob2000 9y agoYes, I think the gun culture is the problem. It's gun culture that is causing youth to walk around with pistols in their pants. Similar youth in UK and Australia use knives instead (arguably safer because you can't accidentally knife someone). Hanging yourself is much harder, it takes a lot more planning and happens slowly (so you have an opportunity to save yourself or be saved) then simply pulling a trigger and it's alllll over.
- angersock 9y ago> It's gun culture that is causing youth to walk around with pistols in their pants. What socioeconomic bracket are these "youths" in? What is their ethnicity? If you're gonna be a bigot, own it.