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Topic
#6731
Guns do not kill people, people kill people
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Round 1
Guns aren’t the problem, people are the problem. If a kid grows up dad less with trauma and dabbles in drugs, they obviously are going to be more inclined to do violence. The gun is just what they use, if more people use knives should we ban knives? No! We need knives for cutting food and carving, etc. They’re a necessity. More people die from car crashes each year, that doesn’t mean we get rid of cars. Guns have uses for hunting, self defense, shooting sport, etc. It’s the people who are using it for bad.
Hunting is murder, and therefore not a good use for guns. encouraging people to kill animals leads to people killing people. if you say you can kill a deer cos it's brown and doesn't speak English then with all the anti-muslim rhetoric it's a lot easier to think maybe you can kill a Muslim who's brown and doesn't speak english.
we wouldn't need self-defence guns if we had a proper criminal justice system. mass gun ownership is a mark of a failed state.
if a kid grows up in a traumatic situation that seems like a good reason to intervene so they never become violent with guns or knives.
the easier you make it to kill, the more it will be done. the existence of guns creates an excuse to kill and then it's just about finding a reason.
if you believe hurt people hurt people then giving them guns just makes them more potent at the hurt they inflict.
i think it's fine to ban knives in areas where there's a lot of the traumatised people that you mentioned: like on housing estates. yes 70% of them (the regular people) will have to use some kind of chopper gadget instead of knives, but in areas with high violent crime potential, this ban will protect people and make it much harder for the bad kids to be effective in their violence and cruelty . i think gangs of people with mandolines and graters will be less potent and deadly.
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