Re: Sen Stolen Valor Wants Guns Taken From People
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Sigh not again
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Date: August 05, 2019 01:24PM
So the 40,000 lost and 100,000 injured to "gun violence" could just as easily be lost to other methods; for your argument to hold you have to show that taking away guns would eliminate the toll. But that is impossible to do because the human, the motivation, and the dedication remain while availability of substitutes is high.
As an example, while nearly 30,000 of the deaths are suicides, many thousands of suicides due to other means occur. Take away the gun, and you'd simply have 30,000 deaths due to other means.
To treat the problem, treat the person. Outlawing the specific tool is senseless.