I agree that guns should be banned or at least better regulated.
Since the ban in 1996 in Australia, gun related homicides have gone down 70% in the last 21 years with a drop of around 40% immediately after the first year of the bans.
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I agree that guns should be banned or at least better regulated.
Since the ban in 1996 in Australia, gun related homicides have gone down 70% in the last 21 years with a drop of around 40% immediately after the first year of the bans.
Source
But youre not counting the OTHER mass murders in Australia using Fire,(arson) knives and even a hammer..are you going to ban them too? Point is if someone wants to commit murder..they will find ANY weapon..in the mean time you think we should not have the right to keep guns to defend ourselves and leave us helpless..I think not..
You make a valid point but I feel knives and "even a hammer" are trivial compared to the potential terror a gun could unleash.
If someone really wanted to cause terror they can do it with pretty much anything. However, limiting their avenues is necessary to minimise the potential harm they can cause if those thoughts do arise.