Re: violent crime up
On Jun 15, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Matt wrote:
Wait, “some” is what is dubious. Aren’t we concerned about “some” when it means “an overwhelming majority”. An overwhelming majority of gun owners are never going to be violent criminals at all, not just never going to shoot someone. I think Jordan’s point is that the case hasn’t been made that the legit question - why is the US so violent - validly leaps to “well there’s all those guns”. It seems to be just an arm-waving argument.
That’s not what I’m saying. In fact I said that guns can’t be the
explanation because other countries have lots of guns too, along with
a lower murder rate.
But it also remains to be explained why we have all those guns.
Doug