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> Countries that have prohibitions on firearms have fewer firearms. It's a huge difference in the numbers and that's an example of prohibition working. Who cares? You're working from a premise that having fewer firearms is a good thing. I'm not going to say I disagree, but I'm not sure I agree either. The real metric is whether or not firearm-related crimes are significantly reduced in countries where there are prohi…
The real metric is whether or not firearm-related crimes are significantly reduced in countries where there are prohibitions on firearms. No, the real metric is whether or not firearms cause a net increase in the amount/severity of crimes - firearm crimes are not the only relevant ones. There are all sorts of factors which make it a tricky question. Deterrence (burglar is afraid to rob a house, since homeowners might…
How can you draw causal relationships there? At best I'd think you'd be able to make correlative arguments, but not much more.