The One Question I Want All Gun Nuts to Answer

[billh58]

Right now there’s roughly 300 million guns in the United States. Considering our population is only around 314 million, that’s nearly one gun for every man, woman and child in this country.

So, my question to gun nuts is simple, “How many guns is enough to keep us safe?”

To answer that question one must ignore the simple math that tells us that the more guns we allow to flow into our neighborhoods, the more gun violence we see.

But these gun nuts constantly claim we need “more guns” to make us safe. Well, what’s the magic number then? Because we’re damn near at a 1:1 ratio for American citizens and guns, and that sure as hell doesn’t seem to be decreasing gun violence.

400 million? 500 million? A billion?

How many guns will it take to decrease gun violence in the United States?

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/one-question-want-gun-nuts-answer/

How many guns will it take before “good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns?” Because what reality tells us is that more guns actually lead to more violence – not less.

[jonno99]

1. Difficult to say. Perhaps it would be simpler to declare how many is "too much". nt

[billh58]

4. We have surpassed

that number long ago.

[jonno99]

5. Ok - I don't neccessarily disagree. But what was the number? nt

[billh58]

6. Nice try, but I'm not taking your bait

Go back to the Gungeon.

[Cartoonist]

2. They have no answer

Every one of those Dallas cops was carrying a gun. It didn't make them safe.

[Aristus]

3. 600,000,000.

Six hundred million.

Two guns for every person in the USA.

So we can all shoot everybody else with a gun in each hand, like Rambo. 'Cause that would totally reduce violence in America. Make every gun owner a 'good gun with a gun', and we can't fail.

A gun in each hand would totally work, wouldn't it? Just like in Hollywood movies! Right? Right?

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