Allowing anyone to own guns is not simply an exercise in freedom, because the freedom to own a gun places severe restrictions on the lives of everyone who gets shot as a result, and on the lives of everyone who must impede their own lifestyles to mitigate such a risk.
How can you be sure that owning guns is worth the attendant responsibilities though? Surely the US's inordinate gun crime figures suggest they are not?
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“How can you be sure that allowing anyone to live is worth the attendent responsibilities though? Surely the crime rates, amount of suffering in the world, and general environmental cost suggest it is not”...
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Point being, the only real way to approach the problem of malevolence is to better understand why these behavioral trends are increasing, and attempt to fix the actual causes of suffering, not merely alleviate their symptoms.
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