Ive said this before: Giving up your guns means permanently outsourcing your safety to the state and trusting that criminals who never follow the law anyway will suddenly decide to play fair. Guns just dont go away, the criminals & cops are the only ones with it now.
But you’re implying that more guns are necessary to protect yourself from rising gun violence. Less guns in AU hasn’t translated to more gun violence. There will always be a problem with gun violence as there is no perfect solution, but it certainly doesn’t seem to be a big or growing problem in AU. Do you think gun violence will go down further or go back up if they have more guns? Or are you saying the two things are completely unrelated?
The two things are actually unrelated, since the US and Australia saw the exact same massive drop in violent crime over the last few decades, showing that crime rates track with broader social trends rather than how many guns are in circulation.
You really should stop watching the news and start thinking for yourself.
Please don’t make assumptions on how I educate myself. To clarify, you’re saying the number of guns in circulation has zero impact on the amount of gun violence?
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u/Horror_Tiger6393 9h ago
So why is gun control a “big problem” in AU then?