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The US has a LOT of guns

I own a few of them, as do I cars. I have so far managed not to murder anyone with either. Whats your point? We also have a lot of crime and an individualist attitude, and some large unintergrated culture bubbles which likely contribute more.

Murder is in the intent, not the tool.

The point is that you need both the intent + ability to carry out a murder. People like to act as if someone who wants to murder someone would just use a knife if they didn't have access to a gun, but that is simply not true.

It is way easier to murder someone with a gun than a knife, both physically and psychologically.

If someone has the intent to murder someone, it is much more likely to actually happen if they have a gun. Thus, more guns means higher murder rate.

Except for the fact that doesn’t actually happen when you look at real-world data.

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