02-22-2021, 07:39 PM
(02-22-2021, 07:09 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: So how do you get the horses back in the barn at this point? What do we do when they turn to knives? How about other makeshift weapons? I saw a dude beat another dude in the street with a crutch. I may have said gun violence correlates with socioeconomic issues, but violence overall does. Even if you could take away the guns it would still be violent because the underlying systemic issues are still in place.
The amount of violence will drop with the removal of guns.
Any chickenshit with a gun will start trouble when he wouldn't with just a knife. So guns are a big part of the problem when it comes to initiating violent behavior.
People are more likely to run away from a person trying to rob them with a knife. The harder it is to rob people the fewer people will try robbery.
No more "drive by shootings" used to intimidate. When violence is as easy as driving down the street you have a lot more violence.
Finally, fewer innocent people killed by stray bullets.
