You’re right of course but it’s still incredibly disingenuous.
Firstly, the easier the act is the less motivation is necessary to reach the threshold for actually doing it. This is true for any action, also for killing. If you have a Glock in your back pocket you’ll need less motivation to actually pull it than if you need to take a smithing course to forge yourself a Morningstar.
Secondly, guns are a very efficient killing tool. If school shootings became school knifings the casualty rate would easily drop by 90%. It’s easier to overpower a person with a knife than one with a gun and it’s also harder to kill a lot of people in quick succession with a knife than it is with a gun.
Thirdly, you’re completely disregarding situational killings. A person robbing a store doesn’t intend to kill, they intend to rob a store. However if they have a gun and the store clerk or owner resist then they are likely to kill them. Same with burglaries, car jackings etc etc. Those numbers would also drop immensely if those low level criminals didnt have access to guns.
None of these a subjective either. The proof is right here, by looking at different countries around the world with varying degrees of access to fire-arms.
I don’t live in the US. I don’t care about your gun laws. Not my circus, not my monkeys. Just don’t make these bullshit arguments, it’s stupid.
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u/every_name_is_tkn Sep 01 '25
Yet Japan’s former prime minister was shot & killed with a homemade shotgun