04-09-2018, 12:14 PM
(04-09-2018, 11:47 AM)fredtoast Wrote: No. I was pointing out that the number of gun owners has not "exploded". When most people talk about gun ownership as a deterrent to crime they are talking about the number of people who own guns.
I said gun ownership had exploded, which it has. The rest is your inference.
Quote:I don't think anyone has ever argued that the crime rate would drop if people who already own guns bought more. Instead they always talk about more people owning guns.
I was pointing out a fact. If you want to respond to a post that claims more individuals owning guns will decrease the crime rate then I'd suggest you wait until someone makes one.
Quote:Yet you tried to directly link the crime rate to the fact that gun owners are buying more guns.
No, I pointed out an undeniable fact. The number of guns in private hands has exploded while the crime rate decreased. What one could logically infer from this is that the vast majority of gun owners are exceptionally law abiding citizens. Makes regulating them and restricting them more seem a bit pointless and foolish doesn't it? Seems to me unlawful gun owners, i.e. criminals, should be our focus.
