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Originally Posted by mav1178
while I agree with the need for self protection, here's also something sobering:
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/22/10943...th-in-children
so should we just arm children also? Or make sure those parents are armed properly? Or have sentient child protecting drones/robots?
this argument can keep going but in the mean time the segment of the population unable to defend themselves are dying because adults can't figure out a solution
like the article said, cars have been safer because of a heavy push from agencies like NTHSA so deaths from accidents have been dropping. meanwhile deaths in children from firearms are 65% homicides (mostly small hand guns) and we keep talking in circles.
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You hit upon a good point here. Handguns are responsible for the overwhelming majority of gun deaths. Yet all people want to talk about are "assault rifles".
Like Crimson said, we need to address the base issue here. Mental health, low wages, poor education, poverty etc.
As the owner of more than a few fire arms I think raising age limit for semi auto rifles to 21. 18 you can buy bolt action and shot guns only.