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Originally Posted by Caged Great
You are correct technically, but with a reduced amount of weaponry, there is also a reduced amount of violent crime (See Canada's urban areas vs America's urban areas).
If there was an outright ban on weapons in urban areas, crime would decrease in urban areas. Anything that makes it more difficult for a criminal to do criminal activities in an urban setting will reduce crime.
However, defaulting to a stance of "well cops technically don't need to intervene" is not listening to a different set of ideas and experiences. I am actually advocating for both gun control and the protection of gun rights that is completely dependent on location.
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Without touching on the subject of an outright ban in urban areas and how it may or may not effect crime rate (I really do not want to turn this into another ongoing US shooting thread) the one issue I take with this idea is that it deprives those who are responsible from doing legal activities such as going to the range in the city, or it also effects hunters/sport shooters who happen to live in urban areas.
One thing I think we both could agree on is harsher penalties for those convicted of violent offenses, or ANY crime where a firearm was used in its commission. Recidivism should not be acceptable when it comes to firearm related crime.