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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the uninitiated, no gun can fire itself. Somebody must buy it. Learn how to use it. Buy ammunition. Load the ammunition. Decided to carry it. Decide to point it. Decide to fire it. Lots of steps in between. [/quote] Actually, guns [i]cause[/i] people to shoot others. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sound-science-sound-policy/201511/the-trigger-pulls-the-finger [/quote] That certainly is interesting research, and I do believe that guns and other types of weapons can elicit automatic aggression (the effect in the real world is probably rather small, though). However, less than 1 in 10 crimes committed with a gun is with a gun that was legally purchased: https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/suficspi16.pdf. This suggests that, in the vast majority of cases, people who intend to commit crimes procure guns through illegal methods rather than vice versa[/quote]
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