Hmm...Point 3 basically just says, "Guns are helpful when you want to commit violent acts, but people may do violent things without them." Where does that mean you come down on gun control? I could substitute "fighter aircraft" or "brass knuckles" for "guns" in point 3 and I'd have an equally true point, but I'm not sure it would inform my views on whether the fill-in-the-blank should be legal.
But maybe this post isn't about guns and their prevalence/use/legality, but rather our over-fixation on a few horrific events each year? Maybe I'm reading too much into a simple post about interesting sociological biases and overly simplistic "fixes" for complex problems.
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Date: 2013-03-21 07:23 pm (UTC)But maybe this post isn't about guns and their prevalence/use/legality, but rather our over-fixation on a few horrific events each year? Maybe I'm reading too much into a simple post about interesting sociological biases and overly simplistic "fixes" for complex problems.