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You're asking a loaded question by conflating violence and possession and/or use of firearms, as if the firearms are part of the motivation for the violence. V
by gills 18y ago
You're asking a loaded question by conflating violence and possession and/or use of firearms, as if the firearms are part of the motivation for the violence.
Violence decreases with less unwanted births, a higher general level of education, and the evenly-applied rule (and understanding) of law. Put your time and money to work on those fronts and you will see a material decrease in violence.
If you live in a place with high gun-ownership, you aren't going to effect change by trying to ban the guns. Advocating firearms safety education would be a good place to start, and believe it or not the NRA is probably your best hope for bringing a culture of firearms safety into your community.
- jmtame 18y agoFreakonomics is a great read.
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- DanielBMarkham 18y agoThis same reasoning would conflate drunken driving and the availability of cars. In fact, the misuse of cars by drunken drivers cause many more deaths than the misuse of guns by gun owners.
- dkokelley 18y agoFirearms are tools for violence, not necessarily the cause. I agree that guns should be kept out of the hands of minors and convicted felons, but I reject the notion that guns cause violence. Banning/regulating firearms is treating the symptoms instead of the cause. As for the cause, I don't know. But the solution is almost certainly a form of social hack.
- netcan 18y agoIt's bizarre from the outside to here non-americans take availability of weapons as a non-factor. There's plenty of room to argue about rights or the difficulty of actually reducing access to weapons. Saying that low hanging fruit is really gun safety, hotlines, preventative mental health etc. etc. etc. BTW, I come form a country that probably has one of the highest rate of adults who can use & have access to an automatic rifle in the world. There aren't many incidents of this kind. I know that availability isn't everything. Most killings are not conducted by the super resourceful, premeditated unstoppable type of people.