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> Clinging to the belief that it’s guns rather than social factors is just willful denial. That's a false dichotomy — sure, social factors play an important ro
by dctoedt 3y ago
> Clinging to the belief that it’s guns rather than social factors is just willful denial.
That's a false dichotomy — sure, social factors play an important role, but it's a multi-variate phenomenon, and you seem to want to deny that gun-ownership rates have anything to do with it.
- rayiner 3y agoYou haven’t presented any evidence that guns are a major factor after adjusting for social factors. The US also has the highest rates of fatherless households in the world, while India has one of the lowest. Maybe that’s the reason for the difference in homicide rates.
- dctoedt 3y ago“The” driving factor? Are we in agreement that it’s a factor?
- ddd00001 3y ago[flagged]
- dctoedt 3y agoWe've spoken? You have the advantage of me — unlike you, I use my real name online. But you're very-much mistaken about what I think: As near as I can tell, the causes of crime are markedly more complicated than the caricature you just attributed to me.
- ddd00001 3y ago[flagged]
- dctoedt 3y agoYou sound like Gul Madred to Jean-Luc Picard: "There are five lights." No, I'm not a socialist. Some socialist ideas are unrealistic in view of human nature. That doesn't mean all their ideas are bad.
- dang 3y agoWe've banned this account for using HN primarily for ideological battle. That's not allowed here. Regardless of what you're battling for or against, it's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
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