Friday, September 6, 2019

Separate Guns from Those Who Argue and You End a lot of Violence

  If you are one of the many Americans wondering what do about violence in America, I have a suggestion: Take guns out of the hands of those who argue.
   An argument is an argument until a gun is involved. Then, it is settled by death. A disagreement is but a verbal altercation until a weapon is introduced. Then, the tongue is silenced by the gun's loud crack.
   If you would seriously curb gun violence, take the gun out of anyplace where there will be an argument.
   I read that about 70 percent of all gun homicides grow out of arguments. Oh, this statistic is not easy to come by. I find little on the topic as I search the Internet. The only thing I find, is this comment:
   "In 1980, the percentage of homicides caused by firearms during arguments was about the same as from gang involvement (about 70 percent), but by 1993, nearly all gang-related homicides involved guns (95 percent), whereas the percentage of gun homicides related to arguments remained relatively constant." -- https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/gun-violence-america
  Seventy percent? Would it be true, then, if you found a way to separate guns from those who argue, you would end a good share of the homicides?

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