Isn't it common sense that less guns equal less violence?

Answer 1

i like gun ,

Answer 2

Common sense also dictates that less people equals less violence.

Answer 3

Only if you start by assuming that the vast majority of people are murderous, violent thugs. If, on the other hand, you believe normal people don't spend all their time figuring how to injure others, then you have to consider the gun as an equalizer, allowing the less powerful to deter violence from the more powerful.
Empirically it seems that firearms are used more often to deter violence than to cause it, so your common sense in the real world turns out to be puerile nonsense.

Answer 4

No, common sense is taking guns from criminals.

Answer 5

If their willing to use a gun as a weapon they’re quite likely willing to use anything else they can get their hands on as a weapon ,admittedly no guns wound equal less gun related crime but would it increase other types of violent crime? If you’ve the mindset of a criminal to use a gun you’ve got the mindset to use anything else I wound imagine, I may well be wrong and this is just my thoughts but in all honesty who really knows

Answer 6

And just how many people throughout history have been killed by swords, bows and even rocks? If the intention is to kill, evil will always find an alternative. Just more bait here... move along....

Answer 7

No

Answer 8

Criminals aren't know for their common sense.....................

Answer 9

So during prohibition there was no alcohol?

Answer 10

Only if you assume that all violence is committed with guns, which is pretty far from the truth. Maybe the most spectacular violence is committed with guns, but statistically, more people are murdered with hammers.

Given that guns are used defensively 100s of times more often than they are used in criminal violence, an evenly-spread reduction in the number of guns would do far more to make people defenseless against crime than it would to make criminals less likely to commit crime. So crime and violence would more likely increase.

There is also a large body of evidence to support that. England has made guns illegal. Their rate of gun violence is lower than the US, but their overall violence is much higher.