[Jamwinner]

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.

[cortesoft]

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.

[donw]

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