Allenorsia wrote:I didn't state that with implications that guns cause violence. I'm not one of those "Guns kill people!" Idiots. I simply mean that a violent person can do more harm with a gun that he can anything else, with the exceptions of bombs and other such things.Bezkoshtovnya wrote:Both of these are simply not true. Guns don't cause violence themselves, and somehow getting rid of all of them isn't going to end or even reduce violence in any meaningful way. Plus, no. I think I would rather defend myself with a firearm then getting into a brawl with edged weapons.
But at the same time you say that someone meaning harm with a gun is a big threat, you also want law abiding citizens to make do with using knives for self defense instead of guns, and say they are just as effective.