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If you are actually interested you can do worse than to look at crime rates vs gun ownership in the Nordic countries, Switzerland, Austria and the Czeck Republi
by skinkestek 5y ago
If you are actually interested you can do worse than to look at crime rates vs gun ownership in the Nordic countries, Switzerland, Austria and the Czeck Republic.
Clearly something else than gun ownership / distribution has a massive influence.
I mention ownership / distribution separately above since several of these countries have had fully equipped actual assault rifles like G3 etc (not crippled AR-15s) and ammunition stored in private homes for decades kn addition to huge amounts of hunting rifles, pistols, shotguns and unlicensed guns.
A few suicides a year that's mostly it and removing the guns doesn't seem to work: I haven't heard about a massive drop on suicides since the Norwegians decided to store vital parts of the rifles in local depots.
- jljljl 5y agoThe United States has 4x the number of guns per capita than any of the countries you've listed. Just taking Norway, the rate of handgun ownership is also significantly higher in the US. It could be the case that below a certain threshold, further reducing firearm availability does little to affect crime, but the US is probably far from that level
- skinkestek 5y agoI'd rather say that above a certain level it doesn't matter and all these countries are above it. So it is not about gun ownership but about gun culture abd culture generally.
- jljljl 5y agoI would suggest that ownership and “gun culture” are closely related. A gun culture like Norway’s, where there are greater restrictions on registration and purchase of firearms, would probably lead to a reduction in firearms if applied to the US.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoSchemes to prevent gun ownership, reduce gun ownership. Shocker.