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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (282910)4/4/2006 4:30:44 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1575082
 
You really have no idea what its like when too many people have guns. Go to any inner city and spend a few days. Have you ever been shot at Tim? Have you ever seen an inner city gunfight? Have you watch someone die from gunshot wounds?

In many rural communities a larger percentage of people have guns than in inner cities. But they typically have less violent crime per capita. The crime in poor inner city communities is not so much because there are so many guns per capita but because of the break down of the social order.

Also in some very high crime cities guns are highly regulated. So people who don't want to violate the law can't easily get a handgun, but the criminals can. If the criminals are armed but ordinary citizens almost always are not it encourages crime.

The belief that guns in the hands of ordinary law abiding citizens is one of the better available defenses against mass shootings isn't ignorant. Private guns have been used to stop criminals in a number of mass shooting incidents, and have probably deterred others. The cops can take awhile to get on the scene. Often all they can do is arrest the perp if he is still around, or investigate the crime scene if he has already left. A lot of people can die while waiting for the cops to save them.
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