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In reply to the discussion: Can a country with open borders EVER ban guns? [View all]Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)increasing violent crime rates, etc.
I just don't understand the resistance to mitigating risk through reducing circulation of firearms as well. Ideally worldwide, even among "authority figures" such as the police and military.
The ease in which it takes to take someone else's life should be a cause for concern. Yet we are supposed to just accept it, and for what? To protect what amounts to a hobby?
ON EDIT: Also, I don't understand why you discard suicides, the fact is that having a gun in the home actually increases the likelihood of a suicide attempt, even when the gun isn't used, that seems to indicate perhaps other issues are present. But more importantly, when guns are used in suicide attempts, they are much more likely to succeed versus other methods.