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No one is arguing that the legality of gun ownership is the problem. It's irrelevant because it is a right in the US. The argument is that the quantity, power,
by smt88 4y ago
No one is arguing that the legality of gun ownership is the problem. It's irrelevant because it is a right in the US.
The argument is that the quantity, power, and saturation of guns are unusual.
The US has far, far more guns per capita than any other country[1].
We know from other, similar countries that changing laws works[2], and those changes do include reducing the ease of getting the most powerful weapons.
1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian...
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/world/europe/gun-laws-australia-britain.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/world/europe/gun-laws-aus...