Thread: Charlie Kirk (US conservative campaigner) shot dead
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Old 12-09-2025, 02:39   #52
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Re: [Update] Charlie Kirk (US conservative campaigner) shot dead
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Congratulations on your skill at wilfully missing a point.

The point, for the genuinely hard of thinking, is that societies take decisions based on a balance of risk versus reward. For Americans who own guns, the value of gun ownership outweighs the risk, even though the risks may have fatal consequences.

You don’t have to agree with their analysis - I certainly don’t - but you won’t understand the American gun debate if you refuse to understand the terms in which it is conducted.
so we should only listen to the opinions of those who own guns??

Pew Research (April 2024): 51% of U.S. adults say it’s more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns, while 48% think controlling gun ownership is more important.
Pew Research Center

Also from Pew: 58% believe U.S. gun laws should be more strict, 15% believe they should be less strict, and 26% say current laws are about right.
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