Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

This wasn't what I remember, but it is the first thing I found...haven't finished reading it yet, but in the interest of sharing... https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/get-psyched/201301/the-weapons-effect …

Another article...different set of studies https://science.howstuffworks.com/does-owning-a-gun-change-your-behavior-.htm …

Those both used the same study from 50 years ago. Weapons are *supposed* to change your behavior. If someone breaks into your house, with a gun you'll be more likely to step up and stop them rather than cower in your room. You know?

They both reference other studies too, right? I'm not sure they are supposed to impact your decision making in the ways the studies describe. Or if they are, that that is a good thing.

It's a matter of the confidence of a perceived advantage. This would happen to some professional fighters in bars, body builders, people who know martial arts... It's not a gun thing, it's a people thing.

That's a fine assumption. It makes sense. Not sure I agree it is that simple, but these are just opinions. As to a fighter in a bar, to me that's a bit silly. Lots harder to become that fighter than owning a gun, efficacy of gun damage far greater to more people...

Whether that's true or not doesn't really matter. We likely have between 420 and 650 million guns in circulation here. Any solution that involves ridding the country of any number of guns is not a realistic solution.

I don't agree with that.