• Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I am glad you can agree to reality as many people here cannot.

    Crime rates belay the reality that most crimes are not prosecuted and even fewer end in conviction. It is estimated over a million women have been threatened by firearms.

    The number of abusive relationships where one partner is afraid to leave because the other partner has threatened death with a gun is enormous in the US. Guns help perpetrate a ton of suffering that has nothing to do with convicted criminals.

    If you grew up in an poor urban area you would know what it is like to duck for cover when you hear loud sounds. Countless millions of people live in fear everyday in the US because of gun proliferation.

    Cherry picking crime rates when the laws are not enforced at all or are not applied evenly is not really proving anything in my opinion.

    Would a ton of abuse, murder, suicide, and crime not happen without guns? The answer is an astounding yes.

    Lastly the person has no answer because they believe guns are the solution to crime, fascism, and whatever other random problem they want to apply it to.