You guys have touched on some things which I think is the exact reason why this issue is polarizing between Liberals and Conservatives. It's true that everyone having a gun has a tendency to reduce crime, but the opposite is also true that it can increase especially gun related crimes....depending on where you live. In rural areas where the populations are more homogeneous and people are typically more conservative, everyone having a gun seems to work fine. But in urban areas where the populations are typically more diverse, A LOT of people die annually due to gun violence. I sort of feel like a lot of conservatives are apathetic towards that because it's not happening to them in their communities. It's like "who cares if the Crips and Bloods are shooting each other up? Let em kill each other. They're all animals any way" type of mentality.
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