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Except that viable alternatives to cars are few and far between. Some cities have great public transportation and some have nearly no public transportation. And

Except that viable alternatives to cars are few and far between. Some cities have great public transportation and some have nearly no public transportation. And, as it's likely to turn out, when autonomous driving is mainstream enough, I'd wager quite a bit on the pressure to outlaw human driving in metropolitan regions. Because, as you point out, vehicles are unsafe. They just also happen to be useful without viable alternatives for the time being. The question I pose is, what are the primary uses for guns and their viable alternatives, if any?

AnthonyMouse 9y ago
> The question I pose is, what are the primary uses for guns and their viable alternatives, if any? At which point you're having the entire gun debate. Are more criminals deterred when it's more likely their victims are armed? Does that also work at the national level, in that it's easier to raise an army when more of your population already knows how to shoot, so other nations are less likely to attack? Does it deter domestic tyrants who know they would have to fight an armed insurgency, or give citizens more confidence to make just demands of a corrupt state? What's the economic value of the jobs created by that industry? What's the community value of it as a sport? Are there ways to reduce the harms without prohibiting anything? If you want the answer it's necessary to have the debate, not pretend there is no debate to be had.