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In reply to the discussion: Can you imagine believing this? [View all]EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)35. The problem with that logic
        Is that it means that people would still be getting shot if there were no guns. 
And that's not true. 
Guns as tools are different. They make killing much easier and more efficient. America has a propensity for violence. Extreme violence and when you mix that with guns you get mass murder. 
It's not just guns or just Americans. But together you get 300,000 people shot dead in a decade. 
And obviously if you remove all guns the number of people killed by guns will... Drop dramatically. 
Half ass gun control doesn't work either. Either accept thousands of dead kids a year or get rid of guns. 
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