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Some people seem to be blind to the fact that access to a firearm lowers the cost of killing (by making it easier to do so); and what lowers the cost of somethi
by mrtranscendence 5y ago
Some people seem to be blind to the fact that access to a firearm lowers the cost of killing (by making it easier to do so); and what lowers the cost of something will encourage that behavior at the margins. But Switzerland! Sure, they've managed to thread that needle through education and regulation. But just relaxing gun laws without counteracting that in some way will of course increase homicides (and suicides, similarly). The US is case in point.
- hui-zheng 5y agoMaking it easier to kill (access to a firearm) doesn't necessarily lowers the cost of killing. The cost of killing lies on the consequence of killing. Some people seem to be blind to the fact that less penalty and defunded/broken police and justice system lowers the cost of killing (by making it hard to bring murder to justice and the due penalty) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/world/europe/anders-breivik-nazi-prison-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/world/europe/anders-breiv...