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Originally Posted by Nodrog
Defending yourself using a gun is likewise easier than defending yourself with a knife. The American college this happened at had recently passed a law preventing students from being armed on campus; the massacre would almost certainly not have succeeded if a couple of students in the classroom had had guns. The 'banning guns decreases/increases crime' arguments are intensely stupid - there is, as far as I know, no worthwhile evidence at all that suggests that gun bans have a significant impact on crime. The problems with America are largely cultural rather than having anything to do guns; other countries such as Canada/Norway/etc have just as widespread firearm ownership and a lot less violence. The whole debate is just blind emotionalism with very little rational thought behind it (see: any Yahwe post in this thread).
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because obviously, every college-age gun owner would be an expert marksman, with absolute preparedness to kill if deemed appropriate, and with prescience that allowed them to have their pistol drawn before the lunatic was already there and shooting at them, because they'd obviously be wearing it, with live ammo, while in class.