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Pumped Up Kicks (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

European countries also do more to address the root causes of violence, poverty, drug addiction, mental health, and homelessness.

I think the differences in the way these societal factors are addressed more than explains the observed difference in levels of violence.

I believe a much more effective means of addressing violence in a country involves addressing the root causes of that violence, as opposed to banning the means of violence.

Banning the means only prevents violence when no means exist; addressing the root causes prevents violence, despite whatever means may exist.

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I agree, banning guns is not going to solve all issues by itself. It's just a no-brainer.

[–] OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

It sounds like you and I are in agreement, we'd like to see fewer gun deaths and less gun violence in the US. At the end of the day, I think you'll have a hard time finding anyone who disagrees with that sentiment.

It sounds like we also agree, whatever measures are passed, we'd like them to be effective at taking guns out of the hands of those who would do harm with them.

The reason I oppose a ban is, bans disproportionately affect law-abiding gun owners, and the overwhelming majority (over 99%) of gun owners in the US abide by the law and commit no crimes with their guns. Bans overwhelmingly succeed at disarming responsible owners who had no bad intentions in the first place, and overwhelmingly fail at disarming the criminals at whom the bans are targeted.

Additionally, there are about 5-6 guns per US gun-owner. The logistics of safely locating, safely confiscating, and safely disposing of all of those guns in a way that doesn't end up with them on the black market, is not a problem I think anyone has a good way to solve currently. I assert, the logistics of addressing societal factors that contribute to violence are much simpler, better understood, and more achievable.