Right-to-carry gun laws linked to increase in violent crime?

[Uberpod1]

The majority of folks that have guns don't use them for criminal activity.
But will readily use them to stop criminal activity.

The majority of folks that have guns will use them as ornaments, and never have to actually use them. A significant minority, it seems, will actually behave more violently at some point, than they might have without easy access to this efficient killing machine.

 

[PureX]

The majority of folks that have guns will use them as ornaments, and never have to actually use them. A significant minority, it seems, will actually behave more violently at some point, than they might have without easy access to this efficient killing machine.

The inclination to violence is a part of human nature. And of course it's an inclination that will be stronger in some of us more-so than in others. So when we increase the number of guns among any population of humans, and we increase the number of humans in possession of them, it will naturally result in there being more guns in the hands of those humans who are more violently inclined, within the general population. And they will then use those guns when they become violent.

A handgun is a very simple and effective machine for killing other human beings. So when we put these very simple and effective killing machines in the hands of people who are inclined toward violent behavior, we make THEM more effective killers. And this is why increasing the number of hand guns in a population, and especially increasing the number of people with hand guns in that population, will naturally result in an increase in violent gun deaths in that same population.

 

[Uberpod1]

I agree but I would also add that situational factors also may lead to an overall larger death toll when guns are prevalent. A reaction to a cheating spouse by a typically nonviolent person will go from a broken dish to death or debilatating injury when a gun is handy.

Guns are efficient, convenient, and allow violence to be less intimate. Many people who would never repeatedly stab with a knife or bash someone with a hammer might indeed squeeze a trigger.

 

[Truster]

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country," --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.

 

[Tambora]

The majority of folks that have guns will use them as ornaments, and never have to actually use them. A significant minority, it seems, will actually behave more violently at some point, than they might have without easy access to this efficient killing machine.

All the more reason why the majority should practice and become more efficient with a gun. Keep that minority under control.

 

[Tambora]

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country," --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.

hehe!

 

[Uberpod1]

All the more reason why the majority should practice and become more efficient with a gun. Keep that minority under control.

I think it is an increased self awareness that is necessary over target practice. Temptation, impulsivity, vulnerability, and rage might lead to a few second lapse in self-control that will be deadly.

 

[musterion]

The majority of folks that have guns will use them as ornaments, and never have to actually use them.

So what.

 

[Angel4Truth]

All the more reason why the majority should practice and become more efficient with a gun. Keep that minority under control.

:thumb:

 

[Truster]

It is not at all unreasonable to contend that an increase in the number of guns and gun users within a population of humans will lead to an increase in the number of violent gun-related deaths that occur within that population of humans.

In fact, if we increase the number of guns available to a population of chimpanzees, it would be reasonable to contend that this will increase the number of violent, gun-related chimpanzee deaths.

One would have to be almost insanely ignorant not to see the obvious correlation between the number of guns available within a population of life forms with opposable thumbs, and the number of violent gun deaths that will occur within that population.

And yet here we are, surrounded by folks who just cannot and will not see the possibility of there being such a correlation.

Amazing!

Gun related chimpanzee incidents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4EFdksxeo

 

[Uberpod1]

Uberpod says that Right-to-carry gun laws linked to increase in violent crime.

Delmar says its not and actually believes the more guns, the merrier. He also refuses to try to explain this data or suggest why it is flawed.