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While I mostly agree with you, but knives exist and Europe has a huge knife problem. Carrying knives is becoming common under teenagers.
by JimBlackwood 1y ago
While I mostly agree with you, but knives exist and Europe has a huge knife problem. Carrying knives is becoming common under teenagers.
- ajross 1y ago> Europe has a huge knife problem No, it doesn't, not in the context we're talking about. A quick Google says per capita knife deaths in the UK are 4.9/Mpop, gun deaths in the US are one hundred thirty seven per million. Europe should absolutely solve the "knife problem", sure. But even eliminating it entirely would equate to like a 3% reduction in US deaths. Arguing, as you seem to be, that the US should do nothing because Europe has a comparatively tiny problem seems poorly grounded.
- wredcoll 1y agoAs has been said repeatedly, lots of countries have various amount of violence depending on a wide variety of factors. Widespread gun ownership invariably makes the problem much, much, worse.
- odo1242 1y agoWhen compared to guns (everything is relative), it's really hard to kill people with a knife and easier to defend against.