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Originally Posted by polak
Why does changing gun policy have effect things like highway safety?
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I don't see these as good examples of how gun controls could help. They tend to be pre-meditated, and well planned. Even in Canada, with some planning and effort, you could get yourself a weapon capable of killing a bunch of people in a crowd. And also, these events are so statiscally insignificant, they should not be used to set any kind of policy.
So my argument was based on spending resources protecting public places vs. spending it elsewhere. But gun control would take time and money too...
I'm more or less in favor of gun controls, but just think preventing mass shootings are a poor example to point to as an argument for them.