Right-to-carry states are way below gun control states in homicide. An inconvenient fact.
Other inconvenient facts are that most right-to-carry states are sparsely populated, and that gun-related homicide occurs most often in metropolitan areas like New York. This correlation would be expected by any statistician
The most inconvenient fact is that anyone can get a gun, anywhere.
That is indeed an inconvenient fact, but for whom? For pro-gun people, methinks. Who wants to live in a society where anyone can get a gun, anywhere?
And who needs a gun? OJ Simpson managed mayhem with a butcher knife.
That is a false analogy argument.
I read one reaction this morning urging that all teachers take firearms training and lock a gun in the desk. I prefer stationing a police officer at the door of my school. I do not carry my pistol to class.
I prefer a society with less violence. If that is a Swedish horse, I'll ride it.
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