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Are you arguing crime or events? France and Norway beat US in events, gun control doesn’t seem to work there. If you are talking crime, yes USA crime is higher
by SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
Are you arguing crime or events? France and Norway beat US in events, gun control doesn’t seem to work there.
If you are talking crime, yes USA crime is higher - in the areas with more gun control. I’d argue the cause of the crime is our poor handling of drug and poverty and not focus on the tool used.
Guns have increased DRAMATICALLY since the crime highs of the 1990s, but crime has dropped to just above the lows of the 1960s.
You have ZERO data for causation of more guns equal more crime because we have opposite evidence.
So while I can’t say more guns EQUALS less crime - I can definitely say more guns hasn’t CAUSED more crime like you are saying.
- foldr 7y agoI don't know what you mean by "events". More people get shot in the US. There are obviously lots of confounding factors in relation to crime statistics in different areas of the USA. It's more revealing to look longitudinally at the positive effects of gun control legislation in e.g. the UK and Australia.