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> In my opinion, minorities in particular have reason to arm themselves and to be prepared to defend themselves if necessary. That's an interesting take, since
by wtdata 7y ago
> In my opinion, minorities in particular have reason to arm themselves and to be prepared to defend themselves if necessary.
That's an interesting take, since minorities commit - by very, very far - the greatest amount of violent crimes per capita in the USA.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/topic-pages/tables/table-21 https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
- LyndsySimon 7y agoYes, and if anything that supports my position. Minorities are statistically more likely to be both perpetrators and victims of violent crime. Members of those communities therefore are more likely than non-members to have a legitimate need to defend themselves.
- wtdata 7y agoBut, gun ownership clearly correlates with gun related violence (i.e. violent crime). Less guns, less violent crime.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoI'm not sure that's true. Less gun related violent crime, certainly. But that can lead to higher rates of other kinds of violence, as those who are good with knives or their fists are now the top of the food chain. It is not clear that the total amount of violence would go down significantly. (The total number of deaths might, though.) For example, there is very little gun violence in the UK. But the amount of knife and fist violence might surprise you.
- myrandomcomment 7y agoA number of stories on the front page of the BBC (UK) in the last week have been about the issues of the rise Knife violence. The band guns, and now there is an increase of murders via a knife. Bad people do not follow the law.
- skinnymuch 7y agoHow much is the increase? If it’s not close to the increase guns would see, then it’s not that big of a deal. Guns would still be far worse. And I’m assuming that’s the case.
- wtdata 7y agoYou do realize that personal gun ownership was always banned in the UK, like, since ever, right? That "statistic" you just tried to pass about how knife attacks increased when the UK banned guns, was completely made up.
- myrandomcomment 7y ago"...but handguns were effectively banned after the Dunblane school massacre in 1996 with the exception of Northern Ireland." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_the_Uni... They have not always had the outright ban they have now. Knife Crime: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42749089 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42749089 With the number of fatal stabbings in England and Wales in 2017-18 the highest since records began - the BBC has tracked the first 100 killings in 2019 - revealing the people behind the headlines. - Mar 8, 2019 "there were 285 knife murders in England and Wales in 2017/18 — the highest number since the Second World War — and 34 in Scotland" Not everything is black and white.
- naasking 7y agoCorrelation, not causation. Less violent environment leads people to wonder why they need guns, and so they give them up. Seems equally plausible as the contrary to me.