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Re:Shutdown of the court system as a possible factor in the ... by j-krieger on Thursday July 21, 2022 @08:48AM (#32178668)
If we disconnect ourselves from the political anglosphere it's well agreed upon that easier access to deadlier weapons has an immediate effect on levels of crime, violent or not. [1][2]

Humans are impulse decision makers. Easy access to the needed tools just decreases impulse resistance. The simplest way this can be observed is in suicide. Lax rules for the access to deadly firearms has a direct effect on suicide rates.

[1]: https://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9212725/australia-buyback [2]: https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de...

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Re:Shutdown of the court system as a possible factor in the ... by giantg2 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @10:05AM (#32179553)
Where is the link to non-violent crime increase? I didn't see that in those links.

I've seen the studies about stuff like suicide being more successful with access to easy methods. But my question is whether the attempts also increase.

Also, this study (not a news article with potential biases) seems to disagree with the effects of the gun buyback reducing firearm deaths.

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/australi...

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