Seems somebody at the Miami Herald wants you dead

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Originally Posted by theirontower

So this is my question to the people in the thread talking about guns being a direct reason for violence. This is not rhetorical, nor sarcastic. Do you think that violent crimes would have have occured if guns were not available? Do you think that if they had not had the access to firearms that they wouldn't have gone to a knife? Or somthing else?

I think that guns are the most effective weapon that is commonly available. I think that criminals are generally lazy and cowardly people who are emboldened by having a gun instead of another less effective weapon like a knife. Criminals would be more afraid to commit their crimes without that overwhelming advantage over their victims. The only way you can kill me with a knife is if you can outrun me or if you surprise me. Even if you do either of those two things, you still need to overpower me. It's simply more work for a criminal. Criminals are lazy, so they will do it less. It's simple human nature.

I think that violence would still exist without guns, but there would be less of it, and where it did exist, the damage would be less.