Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

When guns are outlawed, only lawmen and outlaws will have guns. Good. That's the state of affairs in every developed country except one and it's demonstrably better in every way.



You may not have realized that your statement is ambiguous between the state of affairs and the sole exception.

Either way you meant it, that is your individual belief based upon your own preferences, and there are literally millions of people who would disagree with you on this particular point. If there were no exceptions, where would all those dissenters go?


except for all of these demonstrable ways: http://www.amazon.com/More-Guns-Less-Crime-Understanding/dp/...


(Dunno what's in the book)

I hear hand guns in particular are quite accident prone. Even if there's less crime, we might still have more deaths.


I'd check your sources. Hand Guns are no more accident prone than long guns.


Not if you adjust for usage. On average people use Long guns more than hand guns.


Well, it was hearsay anyway. Not reliable at all.


That sounds like a totally unbiased source!

PS: I have actually been paid to look into crime statistics. Guns are bad, really really bad. But, you can twist statistics to say the sky is orange if you want to.


Try reading the book. The author is a journalist who set out to build a case against guns and this book holds the facts he found.

He came into it with a bias but still ended up with the opposite book from his intentions, due to honest research.


Don't pretend like that's a peer-reviewed source.


> That's the state of affairs in every developed country except one

Not even close to factual.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: