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So does this mean that the argument that having guns makes one safer from crime is actually false?
It would be nice to clear up that point, as the first on the list of assumptions supporting American gun culture -- that criminals will be deterred by the presence of guns in a law-abiding citizen's home and/or workplace and/or upon their person. In other words, the cultural conception of a gun as a "peacemaker," an instrument of protection.
It would be nice to clear up that point, as the first on the list of assumptions supporting American gun culture -- that criminals will be deterred by the presence of guns in a law-abiding citizen's home and/or workplace and/or upon their person. In other words, the cultural conception of a gun as a "peacemaker," an instrument of protection.