gcomeau wrote:Imaginos1892 wrote:
Guns give the weak a chance against the strong and violent. Bullies and thugs don’t need guns nearly as much as their victims do.
It astonishes me this ridiculous myth of guns as the great equalizer between the weak and the strong still persists.
The "strong and the violent" "bullies and thugs" are far more likely to acquire and use guns against the weak than the other way around because that's what naturally appeals to the type. So when you make guns widely available to the general population guess who loads up on them the most? And has the initiative when they are used because they know when they're planning on starting something? Or uses them as a weapon to terrorize others?
Yes, it is POSSIBLE for a weak person to use a gun to overcome a strong person. But it is just as possible for a strong person to use a gun to terrorize and kill a weak person with far more ease and effectiveness than they would have otherwise had. And guess which group is more psychologically disposed to use them?
The FBI homicide statistics regarding young children, rape victims and the elderly reveal that the most vile predators who prey upon the weakest, eschew guns.