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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I think that first, and its purely conjecture but there has been, outside of political terrorism, almost no instances of mad bombers blowing up people to gain noteriaty, you have to recognise the bombs were secondary, what he wanted to do was shoot people and if he had no guns this incident would likely have never happened. To use a car analogy, you can speed in a mini van just as easily as a Mustang GT but we both know if you are driving a mustang you are far more likely to put peddle to the metal as it is just more satisfying.
Second you bring up the issue of benefit, here is where I hate the pro gun lobby's blind faith in their own arguement, there are no benefits to society as a whole for gun ownership, there are individual benefits, a bit of free food for hunters mostly, I suppose you could add the pleasyre of shooting as well, or though how you weigh that economically is hard to guess.
Self protection is not a benifit as the main reason you wish to protect yourself is because of gun ownership in the first place.
The minimal benfit of the gun industry itself, be it in manufacturing or sales, is far outweighed bythe costs of guns in society, medical and security mostly.
It will not happen but there is no doubt that from a strict cost benefit stance gun control would be better for the US
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I'm going to comment on 2 things you said:
Firstly Holmes apparently wanted/wants to be Joker. If you watched the last Batman movie which was almost certainly his motivation both bombs and torture were used. Holme's collection of bombs within his lair testify to this.
Secondly, The primary use for a .223 semi-automatic other than plinking is protection of livestock/children/pets from wild animals in rural Canada/America.
In Alberta most ranchers have a semi-auto for such purposes. Where I live news reports at times include Cougar sightings. Coyotes often attempt to lure dogs away from their yards to kill them.
Shotguns and handguns are the weapons of choice for home defence. Shotguns because of their take down power and handguns because they work better in close contact. If I lived in a place where home invasions were a real threat I would own one of those two.