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the answer is so obvious though... It beggars belief that people can't see it. Less guns -> Less crime
by bradwood 5y ago
the answer is so obvious though... It beggars belief that people can't see it.
Less guns -> Less crime
- WarOnPrivacy 5y agoThat might well be the case - however a stance w/o reliable indicators doesn't work for me.
- bradwood 5y agoThere 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 agoObvious 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 agoExcept 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 agoer... it does... Source: the UK
- proc0 5y agoNot 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.