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Almost a third of US adults believe there would be less crime if more people owned guns. However, multiple studies show that where people have easy access to fi

Almost a third of US adults believe there would be less crime if more people owned guns. However, multiple studies show that where people have easy access to firearms, gun-related deaths tend to be more frequent This is frustrating because it dangles the question 'is there less crime where there is very high gun ownership' but then follows with the answer to a different question, 'do more guns lead to more gun deaths'. What would be helpful is a comparison of US's crime levels in the presence of high gun ownership with all other countries. From there we could add on other mitigating factors to compare. Also, comparing gun violence with gun ownership is still just examining a single facet. I'd like to see mass-shootings compared with non-gun mass murders. I'd like to see guns deaths compared with other weapons. It is on the table I could become anti-gun. The pro-gun movement is nearly obnoxious enough to drive me there on it's own. However, I need certain info, if I'm going to take an anti-gun position with conviction. disclaimers: gun agnostic, US

bradwood 5y ago
the answer is so obvious though... It beggars belief that people can't see it. Less guns -> Less crime
- WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
  That might well be the case - however a stance w/o reliable indicators doesn't work for me.
  - bradwood 5y ago
    There is logic, and there is statistical inference. The latter might require empirical indicators and analysis; the former does not. This is a matter of logic, not statistics.
- anandrew 5y ago
  Obvious and false, according to the data: https://diegobasch.com/homicides-vs-gun-ownership https://diegobasch.com/homicides-vs-gun-ownership In fact not only is "less guns -> less homicide" not true, it's not true even if you look at only gun homicides: https://hwfo.substack.com/p/everybodys-lying-about-the-link-between https://hwfo.substack.com/p/everybodys-lying-about-the-link-... But I repeat myself.
- proc0 5y ago
  Except banning guns =/= less guns. All you do is take them away from the responsible users who would be the only ones adhering to the law.
  - bradwood 5y ago
    er... it does... Source: the UK
    - proc0 5y ago
      Not in America for multiple reasons from historical reasons (centuries of people owning guns) to logistics like the country being too large to control gun trafficking because we can't control the southern border and people just cross over, so trafficking is guaranteed.

bradwood 5y ago

the answer is so obvious though... It beggars belief that people can't see it. Less guns -> Less crime

WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
That might well be the case - however a stance w/o reliable indicators doesn't work for me.
- bradwood 5y ago
  There is logic, and there is statistical inference. The latter might require empirical indicators and analysis; the former does not. This is a matter of logic, not statistics.
anandrew 5y ago
Obvious and false, according to the data: https://diegobasch.com/homicides-vs-gun-ownership https://diegobasch.com/homicides-vs-gun-ownership In fact not only is "less guns -> less homicide" not true, it's not true even if you look at only gun homicides: https://hwfo.substack.com/p/everybodys-lying-about-the-link-between https://hwfo.substack.com/p/everybodys-lying-about-the-link-... But I repeat myself.
proc0 5y ago
Except banning guns =/= less guns. All you do is take them away from the responsible users who would be the only ones adhering to the law.
- bradwood 5y ago
  er... it does... Source: the UK
  - proc0 5y ago
    Not in America for multiple reasons from historical reasons (centuries of people owning guns) to logistics like the country being too large to control gun trafficking because we can't control the southern border and people just cross over, so trafficking is guaranteed.