Does reading a lot of Wikipedia give people a wrong idea how science works?

[FlatAssembler]

But how do you know the causal relationship is not the other way around? How do you know that places that are unsafe don't tend to have more guns because they are unsafe, rather than the other way around? If you were forced to live in a high-crime area, wouldn't you want to get a gun to protect yourself?

It’s not a safety issue, it’s a gun violence issue. As regards gun violence, the US, literally awash with guns, ranks 131st (out of 197) in terms of personal safety. You could try looking things up instead of guessing.

I grew up in a place that was mind-numbingly unsafe. The idea of getting a gun never crossed my mind.

Boru

Why focus only on gun violence? What makes you think that some murderers don't respond to gun control by using other weapons?