It is not just the availability of guns, but the context in which the guns exist. Guns in the hands of desperate people are more dangerous than guns in hands of people who are content with their lives.
Jordan Hayes wrote:
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> Way more Americans own guns than smoke. But what's your point with
> all these factoids? The WSJ article you quote is more forthcoming
> with the other 50%: their survey comes up with 38% of the adult
> men. And in Switzerland it's closer to 85% of the adult men. Blah
> blah blah.
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
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