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Re:Gun sales rise in past year, especially among women and A... by brailsafe on Sunday March 14, 2021 @05:21PM (#26459347)
If someone wants to kill you, and has a gun, not only can they do so from a distance, but it was invented for that purpose. Stabbing someone is more of an act of opportunity I'd wager, and in a lot of circumstances you'd be less likely to die, therefore reducing deaths.
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Re:Gun sales rise in past year, especially among women and A... by MikeUt on Sunday March 14, 2021 @07:36PM (#26460677)
As I said, that is why you look at homicides, not "gun deaths" or "stabbings" - so you don't have to wager or guess.
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Re:Gun sales rise in past year, especially among women and A... by brailsafe on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:11AM (#26462555)
Well, not quite. You said that the same number of stabbings would be equivalent to the same number of people getting shot, but didn't specify that the stabbings would be fatal. I'm suggesting that if total violent crime stayed the same, but you removed guns, you'd have less fatalities.
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