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Originally Posted by MartinSE
Well, two things.
1. There is no evidenced that punishment is a deterrent to crimes. Countless studies have shown that.
2. And how many of those lives saved by guns were BECAUSE the other guy had a gun? Sort of a self fulfilling solution. We need guns because people have guns. And I go back, no other country in the world has this problem. Not other county in the world has the guns we do. I understand correlation does not equal causation - but it also doesn't negate the possibility.
And in both England and Australia following mass shootings laws were pass controlling guns and the mass shooting virtually stop. Another data point.
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"1. There is no evidenced that punishment is a deterrent to crimes. Countless studies have shown that." Look at the methodology, a person "goes away" gets out of the joint and goes back to criminal activity , obviously punishment doesn't do any good, but the longer they are "away" the more society saves by keeping them out of circulation . cheaper to lock some people that have them walking free