And yet again, that's the part that should give us pause. Is the European, NZ, or Australian gun owner 35 times more likely to kill?
Bad guys want goodies, not gunfights. Gunfire draws attention and you have to run away, messing up whatever crime you were committing.
Yes the USA problem with guns is not just the availability of guns it is the cultural acceptance of violence of which guns represent the apex, reducing guns will reduce harm - especially to law abiding people, but it will take generations of constant effort to change the cultural acceptance of violence.
I don't think the cult of violence is going anywhere anytime soon. We worship power, and a gun is the ultimate power totem (second maybe only to a fat wallet). It's more than just acceptance; it's the declared endgame, from da hood to the boardroom. I think other countries are more community minded (see health care, retirement provisions, etc).
I would say it means that "we know that people owning guns for self-defence increases their chance of death and serious injury way in excess of anyone protecting themselves from harm with such a weapon therefore a justification of self-defence would increase the potential harm to people ".
Yeah, I think it is intended as the same, having slept on it. Sport shooters don't have a track record of poor handling and passion crimes; the random 'just want one around' owner does.
Then go and get them.
You are neglecting to factor in easy access to firearms, in the UK (et cetera) weapons are secured and access is slower.
Why? I made no claim at all regarding such data, and it had nothing whatsoever to do with my point.
And you see this as a reason for not considering self defense as reasonable? I seeing as a national problem of profound despair, and suicides are higher in the US without firearms than they are over there too.
And yet the suicide rate per 100k of population is only about 2 apart, 11 vs 13. I don't think this statistic has much to tell us, here.
Firearms make suicide quick and lethal. Though I agree USAia descending into ◊◊◊◊ hole territory.
A woman facing a rapist is not a problem? I kinda feel like it is.
I've already made it. You do not choose to follow the law, because you are unwilling to accept the consequences of not doing so. Your choice, such as it is, is constrained by society and the structure around which civilisation has been built. You are not going to suddenly decide to rob a bank tomorrow. You are unable to make that choice. You cannot do it, and it is therefore not really a choice at all.
Yes. There might be a reason for that.
That's the wrong statistic to be looking at. You're going to want to look at the one that shows that the majority of suicide attempts that are completed, are completed with the use of a gun. It's the most effective tool for taking one's own life.
I dunno. Some Israelis had guns on October 7 and others didn't. Who fared better?
It's not really about Israel. It's simply the observation that laws are fiction. They exist only to the extent that we pretend they exist. When someone breaks into your home, or threatens you on the street, at that moment and place the law is whoever has the most force. Which is why it's so misguided to deny people the right to defend themselves.
