Originally Posted by rocketman1514
So getting rid of guns won't even neccecarily reduce any death rates, because you would no longer be able to just scare someone into bending to your wishes. In all not only would getting rid of guns make killing painful, it could in fact raise death rates and set us back to the dark ages in terms of weaponry and warfare
There ARE countries that ban guns, and their murder rates are lower. Please explain how banning guns sends us back to the dark ages.
This is obviously not about banning guns for military use: that would be asinine. This is about stopping civilians from owning excessively dangerous firearms.