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Originally Posted by Faron
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It's pretty much implied. What other reason is there to ban unless it's under the belief that it will reduce violence?
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No. I've stated my position clearly several times. I guess I haven't done it under this particular topic, so...
I believe that
mass shootings like Aurora and Newtown can be stopped. In other threads I've brought up
Australia as an example, and throughout all the debate the only thing that is clear is that in the 18 years before their gun legislation in 1996, they had at least 13 massacres. Since then they've had 0.
(The Childers fire was started by a nutjob that didn't even
intend on killing anyone, and Monash was actually stopped by people there when the gunman had to reload...so let's not delve into those two incidents again.)
No one has debunked that study I presented. People have dismissed it and disagreed with it, but that's it.
I never have argued that legislation effectively reduced overall gun violence. I'm inclined to believe that less guns equals less violence, but statistical data can be brought forward for both sides.