I think the argument could be against the causal link between guns and the crime
We could say knives cause sliced bread and it would have the same problems.
Personally I believe that the cause of these problems are more complex: the violent hero culture held up by hollywood; a mainstream culture with very shallow and unfulfilling values; a media that focuses on easy to tell stories and lowest common denominator entertainment; a political system that leaves many feeling disengage with policy makers... I could go on. These things are perhaps the bigger problems, and they are harder to communicate and to solve, so we are drawn to the easy answer - Ban guns!
(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 16:43, Reply)