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Thread #163955 Message #3918743
Posted By: beardedbruce
20-Apr-18 - 12:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Guns in America
Subject: RE: BS: Guns in America
"Also Bruce, you have not acknowledged or addressed my contention that deterrence only works..."
But I did:
"The POSSIBILITY that there would be a firearm present serves as a deterrent. The KNOWN FACT that law abiding citizens DO NOT have firearms serves to encourage crime."
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/georgia-town-mandating-gun-ownership-has-had-only-one-murder-past-six-years
" I would like to see clear and strictly enforced legislation that prevents the buying selling and owning of these weapons by private citizens."
So, it would appear ( correct me if I am wrong) that your goal is to limit the ownership of firearms, rather than to reduce deaths.
You have not, to my satisfaction, tied one to the other save by unsupported statement, where I have presented support of my opinion that limiting firearm ownership would increase illegal killing.
I think that lives are more important than political correctness .