Okay, I think that makes a lot of sense for New Zealand, when talking about accidental deaths and child related deaths/injuries. However, the discussion in this thread is largely about mass shootings, violence, murders, and other more sinister events.
Sure, that's what this thread is about. I however, said "gun violence", which includes accidental killings by and of children. You asked how my statement could be known as truth, I answered.
When I am arguing, I usually am quite particular about the words I use, such as "gun violence".
- How the US can enforce these regulations upon everyone, effectively, including criminals.
By spending the money to do so, and instituting cultural reform to support the legislation. In NZ it's a matter of course that everyone stores their guns this way. Sure, there are people that don't, and they sometimes get caught and fined for their actions.
America has a 'war on drugs' and a 'war on terror'. Use some of that money. It's not impossible to change culture - after all, culture is purely a human construct. Instead of throwing up your hands in the air and saying "it's too hard, lets not even try and start, lets just give up" means you will certainly fail. Am I saying America can do this overnight, or next week? Of course not. That's also why I specifically chose the words "gradual change".
How to prevent criminals from acquiring weapons illegally. Criminals acquire weapons illegally in New Zealand, too. No one is saying they don't. However the range of guns available in NZ means that by and large, criminals have shotguns and rifles, which are much more difficult to conceal than hand guns.
How to prevent criminals from removing legally obtained weapons from their storage units for committing crimes such as robbery. Yeah, 'cause that never happens in NZ, even though I just linked to a video of an armed robber failing to hold up a convenience store in this thread that happened just a few days ago in my city.
No one is saying gun control is a silver bullet that will magically solve all problems, and yet you're trying to argue against it on that basis. Nice straw man.
Explain how the population size scaling from roughly 5 million to 320 million affects the regulations. Europe has more residents than the US and their gun control is much more like NZ's than it is America's. They manage.
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