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Originally Posted by aowen
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I think probably the biggest indicator is that the countries that are actually as developed as we are all have lower instances of gun deaths. I would attribute this to their gun laws, in addition to several other things like poverty and education rates. If you were actually overly concerned about your safety, you'd take away the incentives for crime and violence.
Any time there is a complex situation, the best answer is to shoot it, bomb it, or cut it off. Seems to be the mantra of a lot of idiots in this country.
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Britain may have lower gun encounters. but way higher knife encounters. no? They just exchanged one form of violence for another.
Also, anytime there is multi-generational poverty there will be violence. Hard to break the cycle when you don't have anyone to show you the way.