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Originally Posted by Slathar
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This is such a typical argument. What if guns were harder to obtain in the first place? Maybe this never would have happened to begin with. It goes both ways.
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It does not go both ways. Making something harder to obtain for common civilians does not stop criminals from obtaining the item or stop future criminals from obtaining them. It only deters normal civilians from going and obtaining them.
As mentioned above, look at drugs. If you want any drug, you can find them with in a few hours max.
Make it required that every mentally capable person carries a gun and see how many of these things pop up where 50+ people are shot. I think you'll find the golden rule practiced much more often.
Also in the south, establishments that are known to keep firearms on hand are rarely robbed where as establishments that are known to not carry are usually robbed frequently.
Risk vs Reward.