>> the likelihood of being shot is much higher than in countries where guns are unavailable Sounds like inner-city Chicago. There are many places where crime

>> the likelihood of being shot is much higher than in countries where guns are unavailable Sounds like inner-city Chicago. There are many places where crime is bad and police response is poor. In some places the police can be more dangerous than the criminals. Should people who live in such places be able to defend themselves? >> Can you make yourselves believable for once? You live in bumfuck nowhere Texas where you'll never have a single home invasion in your life and have access to police intervention pretty much anywhere in the country. You're not in Oaxaca risking your life against narcos every day. And if you did, by god you do not want to have weapons because they will know and they will definitely murder you. This kind of response probably violates the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Do you really presume to know someone else's lived experiences or intend to cast others into a stereotype? >> I could give you dozens of studies that show that societies where guns are easy to access have both a higher rate of violence and higher degree of violence Please share these studies.