I'm interested in options to reduce mass violence that don't go down the gun elimination road, because those are more likely to happen (and thus save lives). Stuff like mental health treatment, figuring out how to keep guns away from dangerous people, or allowing greater defense.
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In US, gun homicides are negatively correlated with gun ownership; as in, states with higher gun ownership actually have slightly *fewer* gun homicides than states with lower gun ownership. Idk exactly what this means, but it backs my intuition that banning guns isn't the answer.
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Do you think mandatory liability insurance is realistic? What about mandatory liability insurance in order to purchase guns or ammo?
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Sure it is, but on a longer timeframe than a year or ten.
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The problem is that it’s so deeply baked into half of the country’s culture and not in the other half. And politics isn’t interested in reality.
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So why do we think that one single government always forcing one half of the people to bend to the will of the other half is a good idea?
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Didn't work with alcohol, hasn't worked with drugs either. They can't even keep drugs out of a federal prison and they haven't been legal for 200+ years.
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Australia had as strong a gun culture and yet had a large disarmament after a big mass shooting. For one, I don’t think gun control is effective only when it leaves very few guns out there.
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There are more privately-owned firearms now in Australia than prior to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. https://www.smh.com.au/national/more-guns-in-australia-now-than-before-the-port-arthur-massacre-report-20190327-p5188m.html …
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When a government wants something, they usually get it from its population. But you need to want it first...
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