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> Giving your populace easy, uncontrolled access to this technology is actually causing rampant shootings. Notice how one is “just asking” for a hypothetical r
by llamaimperative 3y ago
> Giving your populace easy, uncontrolled access to this technology is actually causing rampant shootings.
Notice how one is “just asking” for a hypothetical risk while the other is an everyday fact of life.
The relationship between availability of guns and the amount of gun violence is extremely well-established. I personally am sympathetic to the view that an armed population is a meaningful deterrent against tyranny, but it’s hard to compare a hypothetical to a growing number of deaths. And the odd fact that firearms’ primary political role in our society is to intimidate people while voting doesn’t help either.
- Out_of_Characte 2y ago>The relationship between availability of guns and the amount of gun violence is extremely well-established. Its also hard to prove which causes which. In some capacity, violence itself necessitates guns. Both statements could also be true at the same time. or playing the devils advocate, the increase in violence causes higher gun ownership, but once the ownership is there, reducing violence might not reduce gun violence itself.