(July 23, 2018 at 3:55 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: I'm an agnostic when it comes to gun control, because it would seem logical that less guns=a safer society. But gun control advocate s aren't even trying to make that case...To make it you'd have to show that gun control reduced the homocide rate en large. Which using a stat like gun violence just doesn't do and people don't even attempt it, instead just finding the most blatent propghanda and going with that.
It does seem intuitive that less guns would reduce homicides, if only because guns are more effective than other weapons. Intuitions are often wrong. You would also have to consider crimes that were thwarted by the use of a gun. Regardless of whether gun laws are or are not effective, the further question is how much personal liberty Americans are willing to trade for government promises to keep us safe and secure.
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