Reply #109: Easy access to guns.... [View All]

[krispos42]

enable more spontanious murders, e.g., heat of passion.

Easy access to guns also prevents over a million crimes, including home invasion, rape, assault, and murder, every year.

Since spontanious murders are fairly uncommon but home invasions and rape extremely common, taking away easy access to guns is pennywise and pound foolish.

The UK passed their 1989 assault-weapon ban (a true ban, not a ban on new sales) and 1998 handgun b an (also a true ban) as a result of mass-schootings; specifically, Dunblane and Hungerford. In the interviening years, they have not had any more mass schootings. A coordinated terrorist attack involving suicide bombers, but no mass schootings.

But their homicide rate is up over 30% since 1989, even thought their gun-homicide rate is at historic lows.


Pennywise and pound foolish.