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- This reminded me of other things I want to do that are illegal because of the bad behavior of a few people. It's an interesting question; how do you weigh the pleasure of gun owners against the pain of gun violence victims?
- I suppose the ideal solution would be if there was some kind of invisible barrier that separated states, so that people who were willing to live with the risk of gun violence could take on that risk, and people who didn't want the risk of gun violence would be safe from it.
- Maybe you could do that if you had people living in malls, with TSA-style security before people could be let in.
- I suppose the ideal solution would be if there was some kind of invisible barrier that separated states, so that people who were willing to live with the risk of gun violence could take on that risk, and people who didn't want the risk of gun violence would be safe from it.
A study by the Violence Policy Center, a gun control advocacy group, notes that, when guns kill people, they are overwhelmingly used for murder rather than self-defense. In 2008-2012, the report says, guns were used in 42,419 criminal homicides and only 1,108 justifiable homicides -- defined as the killing of a felon during the commission of a felony by a private citizen.