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Originally Posted by White Doors
And all people should make the exact same amount of money in a 'just society'. Alot of dangerous legislation has been put through under the 'just society' clause. When the majority start to trample of minority rights for the reasons of a 'just society' - people should be standing up and taking notice.
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Well, I'd be interested in seeing the stats on both the individual states and on gun ownership in Switzerland. Right off the bat, it looks like the variable here is a stable society--which pretty much substantiates my point that the correlation is very poor either way. As I've said, I don't think of gun control as a way of reducing crime--that's the same kind of thinking that leads to imposing curfews on youth in order to reduce property crimes--it may make us feel better, but doesn't address the core problems, which are probably different. In order to reduce crime you have to address the root causes of crime, which are always variable and context-dependent.
With that said, I see nothing wrong with reducing the number of untrackable weapons out there and giving our law-enforcement professionals additional tools to help them fight crime. Canada's gun registry program is probably too expensive and clunky to do the trick--but that doesn't mean that the only alternative is no gun control at all.