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Bekiala t1_jdcwce3 wrote

Reply to comment by too_old_to_be_clever in Body is 17-year-old accused of shooting 2 at Denver high school, Colorado coroner confirms - CNN by oldschoolskater

Kids probably are no different but the US has a huge proliferation of guns now and schools are not allowed to expel students without finding alternative means of educating them.

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Rufus_Reddit t1_jdd6qis wrote

Can you expand on what you mean by "huge proliferation of guns now?" Gun ownership rates have mostly flattened or dropped over the last 20 years. (https://www.pewpewtactical.com/gun-ownership-through-the-years/ )

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Bekiala t1_jdddhk2 wrote

I'm a bit dubious about the website you have linked. In discussions about guns there are so many rabidly anti/pro gun groups. I try to stay away from these.

What I am referencing is that the guns bought over time don't go away. They stay in the population. We can make gun control laws but about half of Americans already own guns. Any new laws won't really affect this fact. . . . .irk . . . I'm no expert on laws not guns so maybe there is a gun control law that would cut down on our suicides and murders but I am a bit dubious. I would be happy to change my mind if you can argue for a way we can improve things.

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Rufus_Reddit t1_jddh5pk wrote

> ... What I am referencing is that the guns bought over time don't go away. ...

Ah. I misunderstood. I thought that "huge proliferation of guns now" was intended to be about some kind of recent change in gun availability or gun ownership. I think that everyone agrees that there are hundreds of millions of guns in private hands in the US.

In case you care, it's not that hard to find other charts of gun ownership rates over time:

https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/gun-ownership.html

For reference about where Rand stands on gun policy:

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA243-4.html

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Bekiala t1_jddqb5z wrote

Thanks for the links. This looks like a fairly decent organization.

Again, I'm all for cutting down on gun violence and specially suicide I'm just not sure what public policy would be effective.

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