Ka-pi96 said:
Why not? I've never even seen a gun in my country. It wasn't until I went abroad and saw cops with guns and was like "wtf do the cops have guns for" that I actually saw one. How many shootings do we have? Not just the massacre kind of shootings, I mean the cops shooting black people ones as well? Yeah, we don't really have that. Why would anybody not want a society where you can walk down the street without having to worry about a single person having a gun, let alone actually being shot? |
Why not? Well, I think I stated a couple of reasons. One is that it is logistically impractical. Two is that it is politically impossible. Three is that it deadlocks the debate.
I won't argue whether or not it would be beneficial for the country, because I think that is a purely theoretical conversation. What we need now isn't theory, but practical solutions to real problems. I think there are plenty of practical steps that can be taken to have a strong impact on violence in this country. Let's start with those.
Like, I understand your reaction, especially coming from someone outside of the United States, but it simply isn't helpful to political discourse at this point in time. All it does is make gun owners clutch their guns and flinch at the words "gun control", even if the term is being used to argue for something they may support without the added baggage.
