Gun accidents? Guns are dangrous?

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Why are you happy that the decrease is only in civilian gun holdings?

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Are guns in law-enforcement up for debate here? I would think that law-enforcement would have to keep up with whatever exists among civilians. If they could, police might start doing most of their work without guns, as they do in my home country.

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What do you mean "keep up with whatever exists among civilians"?

I am asking why you're only concerned with reducing *civilian* guns. Why not government-held guns? Why do government agents get rights that I don't have?

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It is an interesting question why the US has such an alarmingly high gun murder rate compared to other developed countries. I don't think anyone knows why that is. I don't see how restricting hand guns could make that worse, but my opinion is useless.

I would be interested in the opinion of pro gun people why they think the US has such a high gun murder rate.

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That's already been addressed in this thread. A huge component of it is the war on (some) drugs; prohibition is much more violently enforced in the US than in other western countries.