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Originally Posted by 1ViciousGSX
That's a straw-man argument. Even as well trained as we would like to think driver's are, more people die annually from cars than they do guns, by a long shot of 4 to 1 (no pun intended). And cars are much more indepth to operate than simple guns.
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A world without gun control is what we have now for the most part. Statically its actually pretty good. At least not as bad as those with an agenda would like you to think.
Here's something to think about, imagine a world without police.
Not a religious issue and not bringing religion into it. I mean the value of life that revolves around right and wrong and your right to take a life. If children were brought up to see the value of life in general, there might be less murders.
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Finally found some time to think about this and sit down to reply.
While guns are far simpler mechanically as well as operationally than cars, I would argue that they are just as complex when it comes to safety and awareness. In Minnesota, a three hour course is all that’s needed training wise to get a carry permit. It seems unrealistic to me to prepare any person to carry a gun and truly understand the situation they’re potentially preparing to deal with in that short of a time let alone be aware of how the situation might affect their own abilities once if they find themselves in that position. If the conservative argument is such that the best crime prevention is an armed public, why is there not rigorous training and testing required to ensure a civilian is trained well enough to actually do the deed if it comes to that?
I don't have data to back this up, but I don't think I'm going out on a limb here by saying that the number of guns being operated per day on an annual basis is several orders of magnitude smaller than the number of vehicles being operated. The 4-1 argument will likely look much different if considered based on deaths by a percentage of use.
Using the top 7 causes of death you provided, firearm homicide is the only event where another human being is actively violating another person’s right to exist without being injured and/or killed (I saw abortion in the other data set and I’m not going to touch that one.) Everything else is bad self care, negligence, or bad luck. It’s a different type of event to be actively killed by another person versus not. It’s more traumatic to survivors at the least.
I guess I just think more can be done to prevent things like school shootings and the like. If you leave your gun accessible and your child picks it up and shoots up the school, there should be some significant jail time for not properly locking your shit up and securing it. I would assume the authors of the 2nd amendment implied personal responsibility.
Not sure where you're coming from with a world without police. I'm not for that and not sure who is.