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A bit silly to frame it as an "Alternative to Gun Violence". Stabbing is an alternative to gun violence, as is a deliberate collision with a car. It's funny how they manage to make everything about the guns.

This is an alternative to murder or serious assault.

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Considering 67.8% of murders are committed with firearms[1], it's pretty fair to frame this as an attempt to reduce gun violence. Also, this solution mainly focuses on resolving disputes in a non-lethal way that would have been traditionally resolved through murder, making guns an even more relevant focus due to the high death rate of shooting in comparison to non-firearm assault. [1] https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/...

Fair enough, though the problem with that is that you could curb "firearm deaths" or "assault with firearms", but potentially the overall problem would remain unchanged.

You would be stuck measuring the specific subset of the problem.

The problem is assault or intentional homicide; so the form only matters in considering concrete solutions. What you measure afterward should be assault or intentional homicide.

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