School Shooting in South Florida

[Medisti]

HandofPrometheus said:

Medisti said:

Yes. Nothing would make me happier than a world free of violence. But, if we took away the guns and knives, people would kill each other with stones. That said, the regulation of instruments that make it much easier to kill many and much quicker is a very good thing. No one is going to kill 30 people in two minutes with a small rock.

People always ignore this argument.

I've honestly had people try to argue to me that it's pointless to regulate guns more because "people will just kill each other with stones." This is true; it's human nature. But, unless people are going to go to the effort to design and construct a trebuchet to launch massive boulders, they aren't going to be nearly as effective and detached as with a bullet. Bludgeoning someone to death is a lot harder, especially if they know you're trying to hit them, than aiming a gun and firing.