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"Tighter gun controls" doesn't always lead to "harder access to guns". How strong is the black market in Brazil (for everything, not only guns). How strong it i
by hectorlorenzo 9y ago
"Tighter gun controls" doesn't always lead to "harder access to guns". How strong is the black market in Brazil (for everything, not only guns). How strong it is in the USA? How easy is to access otherwise prohibited goods in general?
- kstenerud 9y agoThe point is that gun control is not proven to reduce violent deaths. Gun ownership just doesn't correlate to violent deaths. People want it to because guns are instruments of violence and "it just stands to reason", but the numbers don't bear this out. The USA has 101 guns per 100 residents and a homicide rate of 15.696 per 100,000. The Bahamas has 5.3 per 100 residents and a homicide rate of 29.81. Canada has 30.8 per 100 residents and a homicide rate of 1.68. Norway has 31.3 per 100 resdents and a homicide rate of 0.56. Finland has 34.2 per 100 residents and a homicide rate of 1.60 Serbia has 58.21 per 100 residents and a homicide rate of 1.13 In other words, it's all over the map.
- kstenerud 9y agoWhat's even more telling is the downvotes to my previous comment. Am I going against the community standards in how I'm going about supporting a position? Is the data I posted so sinful that you feel compelled to punish me for posting it? Is the data wrong? Is the conclusion wrong such that you can articulate why, and where exactly the logic breaks down? Or is it just that gun control, like drug legalization, is an emotional topic and not a rational one?