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Guns are legal in many countries, so that argument doesn't really hole much water. But at the same time, I don't have a good reason why (but then again it's ne
by marak830 3y ago
Guns are legal in many countries, so that argument doesn't really hole much water.
But at the same time, I don't have a good reason why (but then again it's never been my field of study).
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- seanmcdirmid 3y agoGuns are legal in many countries, but they have different rules about them. For example, in Canada you aren’t allowed to use them for self defense (well, it’s ok against bears), in Germany they have to be locked in a safe when not in use (and the police will come to your home to do spot checks), in Switzerland militia ammunition is kept separate from guns, etc…
- arp242 3y agoThere are dramatically more guns in the US than any other country; the US has about 120 guns per person, Falkand Islands comes second with about 60 guns per person, and it drops off to 20-30 per person pretty quickly after that. In addition, in many places where guns are more common-ish they're usually for hunting, rather than "to protect me and my family": that is, more (hunting) rifles, less handguns, and less of a culture to use them for defence.
- jemmyw 3y agoGot that info from wikipedia? Because I made exactly the same mistake the other day. It's 120 guns per 100 people, 1.2 guns per person in the US.
- arp242 3y agoOops, yes, that's what I meant to write >_< It's all per 100, not per person.
- _v7gu 3y agoI mean, a person can shoot only one gun (accurately) at a time; and the calls usually denote the person targeted has a gun. Would the police force really apply Bayes’ rule to reevaluate the call’s truthiness if gun ownership halved?
- matthewmacleod 3y agoThose numbers are per 100 people; while the US does have more guns than people, the problem is not quite that severe yet!