Re: More guns the way to go? Some thoughs.
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My guess is that cultural differences are one of the biggest reasons for the disparities in the violent crime rates between Scandinavian countries and the U.K. or U.S.A.
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I think this is definitely true.
Some countries have lots of guns but a very low murder rate. That obviously says something about the US, and it's not good.
I also agree that legalizing drugs would probably eliminate a great deal of the gun violence in the US. Mass shootings like VT are very rare even though they get all the media attention.
However, I don't think we can dismiss the OP's point about making it harder for criminals to get guns. Just saying, "the criminals will always get guns" is defeatist and is no different than saying, "if a rapist wants to rape someone he'll find a way." We still need to try and make it as difficult as possible.
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