It’s FAR easier to commit suicide with a gun than by razor blade
Do you have the faintest idea as to how painful it is to deeply cut into yourself?
Same goes with alcohol/meds and drugs. I’ve seen countless overdoses, countless cases wherein someone required a ride to the ER (in or out of ambulance) to get their stomachs pumped.
Alcohol, knives and drugs are all proportionately more dangerous than guns if we take into account how many people they kill. The ease by which each dangerous commodity can dispatch a civilian differs.
Should also be noted, a vast majority of drug over-dosages in the USA are opiate based (last time I looked around 2x more die from opiate overdoses relative to gun deaths… This takes into account ANY gun death or opiate related death). But fentanyl is a legitimate medication with legitimate therapeutic applications. Fentanyl shouldn’t be banned as a result as like firearms is CAN be a necessity
I’d argue fireworks may be somewhat of a cultural necessity associated with certain festivals. Could you take them out? Sure… But it’d probably kill the vibe.
Great, but if the chance of getting into such an altercation is like 1-10,000,000 it’s a little bit overdramatic to say owning a gun is a pivotal necessity. The USA is a different beast all-together. Aside from Maine/a few other states the homicide rate by firearm is nearly 10x (or is it over 10x?) That of Aus.
That being said, this was present before Australia banned guns too.
So these are pivotal necessities required to maintain an orderly society?
As specified, I’m not for banning guns. But it seems inconsistent if one thinks we need to outright ban fireworks because of the dangers associated with them but you can sleep with a loaded pistol under your pillow.