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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
They probably do. Canadian nut jobs and criminals simply don't have the same type of access to firearms.
The presence of guns don't turn people into criminals and nuts- they are simply a lot of nut jobs and criminal's favorite toy.
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So the effect, which is really the main concern right now (obviously both are important, but I would rather get rid of the effect than the cause if faced with a prisoners dilemma), is that guns are the reason that so many more Americans than in any other western country find themselves dead.
Instead the US cracks down on the real culprits, singers who have the word die and young in the same title, the lack of god, the lack of guns to prevent further violence, video games, tv shows, etc. In that perverse world, if you cracked down on the first amendment but expanded the 2nd amendment so everyone was packing heat there would be less murders.