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by yummyfajitas 3422 days ago
Do you have any evidence that guns cause any significant amount of harm? I've never seen studies that conclude much of anything.

Also, there are many things significantly more dangerous than guns. Should we ban those things too? If not, why not?

https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2016/are_gays_or_guns_mor...
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dreamfactory2 3422 days ago
Yeah gun deaths in the US vs EU. (Most people from Europe would consider it a completely stupid conversation to continue this far)
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yummyfajitas 3422 days ago
The EU also has far fewer beating deaths, stabbing deaths, etc. Do you attribute that to gun control as well?

I'm aware that Europeans have their own unique culture with their own unique unsupported assumptions and myths. That's not really a substitute for evidence.

Also, you dodged the question of whether we should ban other things that are vastly more dangerous than guns. Weird.

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reitanqild 3422 days ago
IMO you seem to try to brush of the opinions of anyone who disagrees with you as stupid.

That is not good form.

We are trying to argue against you in good faith but I must admit I find it frustrating.

Edit:

FWIW, here is some more data: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm...

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dreamfactory2 3422 days ago
> IMO you seem to try to brush of the opinions of anyone who disagrees with you as stupid.

Well the numbers are overwhelmingly against you and a smart person would stop digging.

Your own figures show that the US is off the charts compared to EU on a) gun ownership b) gun deaths - it's a no brainer and therefore no useful debate on the merits/demerits. (I'm not going to get into US politics and it's really up to them if they want to have more deaths, but even they fall back on 2nd amendment and notions of tradition to try and justify gun ownership.)

> That is not good form.

Form fits the circumstances I'm afraid.

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