Oddbean new post about login | logout There are 13 deaths by gun a year per 100K citizens in the US vs 2 in the rest of the OECD countries.
And the amount of gun ownership has exactly zero to do with this. The point is irrelevant because you have simply stated something with no understanding of what actually causes it.
I stated a fact, you can interpret it as you want. How do you know what other people understand or not based on facts? To reach a real understanding it's important to analyze all data, not only the data that agrees with your narrative.
Your data doesn’t counter anything, That’s my point. And yes, I happen to have heard this particular political regurgitation that is brought out in practically every single discussion about gun control. If you thought you were adding new information then I’d assume you haven’t explored this topic very much.
That's correct. I'm exploring it now, and it's interesting.
LOL... 13.
Apparently people outside of the US that don't have access to guns commit suicide by other means? You can play with the statistics any way you want. His point is obviously that anti gun people only want the government to have them
Didn't see the point of state. That's obvious giving a gun and a batch to any idiot with inferiority complex who passes an exam it's the most dangerous thing you can do.
Do "idiots with inferiority complex" not have the right to self defense? Or just not self defense with a gun?
How I really see it, is guns give people an unreal sense of superiority or strength and creates a nasty industry across the globe. There are very few people that really used their guns to protect their families, it's a good excuse to spend money and go have fun. Sorry to get in this thread. I do agree if government are allowed to have them the people too. People with interiority complexes with the power of a batch are going to use that power to feel superior against others, not to defend them selfs.
Totally see your point and for the sake of understanding I partially agree with you. For my understanding, do guns give governments or "people with authority" superior power against others? Eg a police officer might feel superior to others when having a gun.
And this applies to most of government employees/enforcers, too. As some other Nostriche said it. I am pro gun free society. But government needs to go first as they claim to be superior in their judgements and actions speak louder than words. But the realistic take is that this is never going to happen. So it's equal rights for all to bear arms that can kill. Almost all material things can be used to kill anyways, so it's about making it easier. Free trade to fulfill bilateral needs An impartial monetary system And evolution of consciousness Are the decisive questions of our time. The combination ofthee things mentioned above will increase sanity in individuals and the collective.
Except for all the tyrannies and dictatorships they've had. Once you add back that ~1,000,000 deaths a year on average things look different.
That's a good point. What I'm finding out is only on Nostr you can find people open to debate.
Now that you bring it to scale. I was continuing giving it a thought and reach to the following conclusion: The US has this armament industry (not counting government) that in one side provides the citizens with arms to go to the shooting range to say Fuck Yeah, and support their industry, while in the other side provides arms all around the world to undeveloped countries to kill each others in perpetual civil wars. (Basically a very nasty industry) It's true that an armed population keeps the government in balance, and also keeps away a possible insurrection of military forces. That's a great point. It's not easy, I hope Bitcoin fixes this.
I hope so, too. Among countries with populations over 100M, only the USA and Brazil were not involved in a major democide last century. They are democratic republics, sure, and large enough to be functionally independent, but so were Germany, Indonesia and Pakistan up to the start of their respective rampages. (Arguably Russia was too, very briefly under Kerensky before the October Revolution kicked off.) So its not that. USA and Brazil are notable among their peers for widespread citizen ownership of rifles, as well as traditions of decentralised governance. Our sample size here is too small to prove anything, of course, but I think the evidence is rather suggestive.
