- 09 May 2023 20:12
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This came from another thread.
Don't you think rural Costa Rica may actually be a lot different from cities? As in, if we're analyzing the situation in countries as a whole then we stick to that.
As you hinted, even within the US, there are massive differences in crime rates and that includes gun homicide. Even within cities there are massive differences, Chicago for example is dangerous if you take the overall rate but in reality gun homicides are concentrated in specific parts of the city (those with gang problems, the new Al Capones basically).
I agree with this. I don't think you need an AR at home, if you want to shoot one you can always go to a range (some will charge you like $25 for it, I saw an ad when I went to Florida last month).
I disagree with you on this, mainly because there are already too many guns around. That genie is out of the bottle and it would probably be best to accept it.
It's like those people who, in the face of school shootings, can't accept schools need to beef their security up and not allow strangers with no reason to be there inside school premises. If that means building taller fences, automatic locks, etc then so be it.
late wrote:As a rule of thumb, you are correct. But my guy moved from an urban American area, to rural Costa Rica. He owns a farm, mostly trees. His point is that there are safe areas in Costa Rica, and places you don't go. His area is very, very safe.
You have something similar here. Maine is very safe, I live in one of the safest towns in Maine, it's very very safe. We don't have a lot of kids dying from guns...
In the last 20 odd years the number of guns has roughly doubled, while the number of AR15s has gone up roughly tenfold. More guns equals more dead bodies on the ground. And before you waste more of my time, the fact is that the tighter the gun laws (by country) the lower the death rate...
This came from another thread.
Don't you think rural Costa Rica may actually be a lot different from cities? As in, if we're analyzing the situation in countries as a whole then we stick to that.
As you hinted, even within the US, there are massive differences in crime rates and that includes gun homicide. Even within cities there are massive differences, Chicago for example is dangerous if you take the overall rate but in reality gun homicides are concentrated in specific parts of the city (those with gang problems, the new Al Capones basically).
late wrote:The first step is to (again) ban assault weapons. There needs to be other regs, like limits on the size of clips. Republicans also need to stop screwing over ATF, that's lunacy.
As to the rest, we need things like background checks.
I agree with this. I don't think you need an AR at home, if you want to shoot one you can always go to a range (some will charge you like $25 for it, I saw an ad when I went to Florida last month).
late wrote:Schools should have nothing to do with guns. Actually, I favor the European approach of using education money for education (as opposed to transportation and sports, which eat up too much of the budget).
I disagree with you on this, mainly because there are already too many guns around. That genie is out of the bottle and it would probably be best to accept it.
It's like those people who, in the face of school shootings, can't accept schools need to beef their security up and not allow strangers with no reason to be there inside school premises. If that means building taller fences, automatic locks, etc then so be it.