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| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
How many cars were used specifically in homicides? |
But the point is that intentions are irrelevant. The vast majority of gun owners never kill or even plan on killing anyone, either, but plenty of people still die from guns each year, and limiting guns to the police would prevent needless deaths. Death prevention is the end goal. Similarly, few people try to murder someone with their car, but regardless of the fact that drivers normally have peaceful and law-abiding intentions, limiting cars to emergency vehicle drivers and freight carriers would vastly reduce automobile deaths. Everyone else can take trains or ride a bike.
The fact that some people will see this as inconvenient is merely an unpleasant side effect. Similarly, the fact that going without effective self-defense will force law-abiding citizens to be at the mercy of armed thieves, rapists, and murderers is just a little unpleasant side effect of an overall reduction in firearm deaths.

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