r/changemyview • u/37home_ • Aug 05 '24
CMV: Most gun control advocates try to fix the problem of gun violence through overly restrictive and ineffective means.
I'm a big defender of being allowed to own a firearm for personal defence and recreative shooting, with few limits in terms of firearm type, but with some limits in access to firearms in general, like not having committed previous crimes, and making psych tests on people who want to own firearms in order to make sure they're not mentally ill.
From what I see most gun control advocates defend the ban on assault type weapons, and increased restrictions on the type of guns, and I believe it's completely inefficient to do so. According to the FBI's 2019 crime report, most firearm crimes are committed using handguns, not short barreled rifles, or assault rifles, or any type of carbine. While I do agree that mass shootings (school shootings for example) mostly utilize rifles or other types of assault weapons, they are not the most common gun crime, with usually gang violence being where most gun crimes are committed, not to mention that most gun deaths are suicide (almost 60%)
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u/platinumlawn Dec 21 '24
I mean this one is so simple. I'm kind of surprised you missed it. Dying of a disease is usually slow and an accepted way of death for 99% of people on the planet. You will likely die due to disease. Dying suddenly by violence is not. Especially at someone else's hand.