I think anyone who has the mental capacity to understand how something might be taken dangerously out of context and has any interest in being respectful should make some attempt to clarify these things. If they exclude critical information intentionally, it shows bad faith and disrespect.
Switzerland, Iceland and Finland all have high rates of gun ownership, yet have far less gun violence per capita. That said, gun violence and crime in general also trends higher in warmer weather, yet all of those countries are a little on the colder side. The US itself used to have far less gun violence too. What causes these problems has been known for a long time and it's not the guns. The solution is neither to take everyone's guns away or to put armed guards everywhere. The solution is known and it's possible that AI models will help reduce this particular problem along with some structural changes to social media platforms before any sort of careful legal changes can occur.
It's probably true that if you take everyone's guns away, you will get less gun related deaths and maybe even overall deaths for a while. Then if an authoritarian takeover happens, they can take your rights away and your citizenry is at a much larger disadvantage in protesting this. Then the government can silence all the media and kill 10-50 million people unopposed. In the US specifically, guns alone wouldn't necessarily save us, they are just a single pillar of the overall list of protective mechanisms for freedom.
I will add though, that gun suicides should be excluded from the data, because they significantly inflate the numbers even though they're high even without that.
The details around his death specifically and his security specifically aren't relevant, as he was a particularly high profile and high risk individual which is not 99% of deaths.
> The solution is neither to take everyone's guns away or to put armed guards everywhere. The solution is known and it's possible that AI models will help reduce this particular problem along with some structural changes to social media platforms before any sort of careful legal changes can occur.
Switzerland, Iceland and Finland all have high rates of gun ownership, yet have far less gun violence per capita. That said, gun violence and crime in general also trends higher in warmer weather, yet all of those countries are a little on the colder side. The US itself used to have far less gun violence too. What causes these problems has been known for a long time and it's not the guns. The solution is neither to take everyone's guns away or to put armed guards everywhere. The solution is known and it's possible that AI models will help reduce this particular problem along with some structural changes to social media platforms before any sort of careful legal changes can occur.
It's probably true that if you take everyone's guns away, you will get less gun related deaths and maybe even overall deaths for a while. Then if an authoritarian takeover happens, they can take your rights away and your citizenry is at a much larger disadvantage in protesting this. Then the government can silence all the media and kill 10-50 million people unopposed. In the US specifically, guns alone wouldn't necessarily save us, they are just a single pillar of the overall list of protective mechanisms for freedom.
I will add though, that gun suicides should be excluded from the data, because they significantly inflate the numbers even though they're high even without that.
The details around his death specifically and his security specifically aren't relevant, as he was a particularly high profile and high risk individual which is not 99% of deaths.