Gun Laws

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Mesden

Dear god I'm agreeing with Demetrius someone help me noooo. >.>

Well, if it helps, his argument that the legalization of private gun ownership reduces crime because potential criminals might decide not to rob people because the possibility exists that a potential victim might own a gun themselves is flawed because that possibility would exist whether firearms were legal or not.

The owner of the house you're planning to rob might be in illegal possession of a gun. Or he might just come up behind you and stab you in the neck. Or his hypothetical pit bull could maul you. Or countless other scenarios.

It's like arguing that the death penalty is a deterrent for murder when there's no evidence to support this assertion. If somebody's gonna rob a place, they'll do it. If somebody's willing to kill another person, they're probably going to give it a solid effort.

Yes, having a gun could prevent you from being robbed and/or murdered in the unlikely event that someone tries to rob and/or murder you. However, having a gun also greatly increases the chance that you or someone you love will be killed by that very gun, and the odds of this happening are far greater than the odds of it saving you from the bad guys.

That said, once again, I don't have a problem with people owning guns. But let's not pretend like there isn't a clear danger involved in having one around.