Guns are banned, people still died.

[GradnerLives]

Originally Posted by GradnerLives [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Canada reporting in. Happy to say I've only ever seen one gun that wasn't on a cop while living in the largest city in the country. I've lived in the worst neighbourhoods pre-gentrification and never shy'd away from walking around at night. There are no areas of my city that I'd be hesitant to walk through, even alone/with valuables/at any time of day.

I've had violence threatened to me a fair number of times for sure, but I'm an okay runner and a pretty good talker so I can't say I've ever even been in a fight. If I ever was, I'd definitely be at risk of a good ass whooping but there's a pretty small chance that it would ever escalate beyond that, regardless of who I'm dealing with. Running and Talking don't do as much good when dealing with an armed assailant, though.

I don't agree that guns are the root cause of the violent crime problem in the states. A greater degree of racial inequity, history of violent means to political ends, an inherent ubercapitalist "Self over others" mentality and a criminal justice system that seems more interested in punishment than rehabilitation could all certainly have a greater effect on the situation, but mass gun ownership doesn't help with any of those points. It only serves to protect the prepared few, placate the larger body of unprepared/untrained masses with the illusion of safety, and legally arm criminals to make their job a whole lot easier.

Who knew that NOT making it a right to take up guns to protect us from the king of england and just letting him have his way would get us all this free healthcare, greater prosperity/wealth in all but the absolute highest percentile income brackets, more stable banking system, a 17x lower chance of being raped, 3x less chance of being shot and all this great poutine.

Just saying.

Pras the duke.