Questions tagged [guns]
Questions related to politics and policy on firearms
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What do those who think GK-like estimates of DGUs are an overestimate think is going on in GK-like studies? Telescoping? Mistaking dreams for reality?
The study that started the modern academic discussion about gun control is the famous 1995 Garry Kleck study. It was a telephone survey that interviewed 5'000 arbitrarily chosen people and estimated ...
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What do people mean by saying that safe storage laws are unconstitutional?
Safe storage laws are laws that require guns to be stored in safes which cannot be opened immediately. They are there to supposedly reduce suicide and to reduce the chances of your own gun being used ...
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Why are pro/anti-gun parties in the US espousing the reverse position when it comes to weapons for Ukraine? [closed]
Per title. It seems that traditionally, Republicans (support gun ownership in the US) for reasons such as "the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun", and they in ...
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Could Chinese people being armed have prevented the Great Chinese Famine? [closed]
Pro-gun people sometimes claim that more Chinese people being armed could have prevented the Great Chinese Famine. Can somebody explain to me how they think that?
I fail to see how that could be the ...
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Can someone be an armed guard in Gaza without being Hamas?
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The IDF last week also released photos and video showing young men holding guns in the air – militants handing in weapons after their surrender from Kamal Adwan hospital, it alleged. But the ...
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Do 'ordinary' Gazans have firearms (much)?
In Afghanistan, it was a bit of problem when raiding homes etc., because many Afghans had firearms, so just finding a hidden AK-47 in someone's home wasn't a clear indicator if he was Taliban or not. (...
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Do people who have survived a mass shooting tend to be pro-gun or anti-gun? Are there any surveys about that?
I would be interested in what people who have first-hand experience in mass shootings think about the idea that a good guy with a gun can usually stop a bad guy with a gun. Are there any surveys about ...
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What is the argument for preventing tyranny that avoids gun violence?
I'm aware of the examples and debates of whether this works practically, but the theory as I understand it for the second amendment as a last defense against tyranny works as follows.
Elect leaders ...
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Are there any Gary-Kleck-like studies on defensive gun uses for countries other than the USA? Specifically, I am interested in Croatia
Is anybody here aware of some Gary-Kleck-like studies on defensive gun uses in Croatia? How often do guns save lives here in Croatia? If I get stuck in a debate about gun control, I guess that ...
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What do gun control advocates mean when they say "Owning a gun makes you more likely to be a victim of a violent crime."?
Gun control advocates often say that owning a gun makes you significantly more likely to become a victim of a violent crime.
How can that possibly be the case?
I can see how owning a gun can be ...
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Are there any studies, apart from the famous Gary Kleck's study, which try to estimate the number of lives saved by guns each year?
The famous Gary Kleck's study estimated that there are around 400'000 cases of defensive gun uses per year in the US for which people believe they would have died if they hadn't owned a gun.
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Are "pro-gun" states lax about enforcing "felon in possession" laws?
Gun control is a hotly debated topic in US politics. Both the federal government and every state makes it a felony for a convicted felon (even if non-violent) to possess firearms. For 47 states it is ...
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Political origin/etymology of the political term "constitutional carry" - by extension can we have "constitutional marijuana"? (rhetorical)
How did I get to this question? Reading Politico's May 19, 2023 DeSantis’ weakness as Trump slayer has GOP rivals smelling blood I saw the quote:
And that might not be the end of it. New Hampshire ...
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Have the political community recognized the social issues behind mass shootings? [closed]
Mass shooting incidents are very commonplace in the USA.
Whenever any shooting occurs, the same debate about "gun control" comes again and again.
However, shooting incidents are a byproduct ...
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Why is it easy to bring a gun into a school, but not onto an airplane? [closed]
There are occurrences of school shootings in the USA, with people getting very upset about every such incident. But it's very easy to bring a gun into a school: no metal detectors, no guards, no ...
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