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Citizens arm themselves. Law-abiding ones only do it if it's legal to do so.

• jakeva 6y ago
  In general, I don't disagree but isn't the second point ultimately a tautology? Certainly an otherwise law abiding citizen might arm themself with no intention of committing a further crime.
  • recursive 6y ago
    True. In general, the more laws there are, the fewer law-abiding people there are, since there are more laws to violate. For example, I don't think the recent decriminalization of weed in various US states probably hasn't caused very many people to start using it. But in the same way, the laws against it didn't do much to limit its use.
• foxrob92 6y ago
  If that were true, wouldn't the proportion of crimes involving a firearm be consistent the world over?
  • sokoloff 6y ago
    Surely there are many factors that would drive that. Widespread availability of inexpensive guns being only one. Punishments for unlawful possession being another that vary wildly across the globe.