Posted on 07/19/2015 8:03:59 AM PDT by rktman
Whenever an argument comes up for gun control, the United Kingdom and Australia are brought forth as examples where gun control ‘worked’. “Australia and the UK banned a lot of guns and instituted strict gun control and their gun crime went down, so if other countries besides the US can ‘make gun control work’ we should follow their example here”. There are a number of fallacies and biases that this line of reasoning adheres to; correlation = causation, , single cause fallacy, the ‘bandwagon’ fallacy or ‘appeal to popularity, and confirmation bias through functional fixation, otherwise known as technological determinism or genetic fallacy.
Dealing with this concept from the ground up, the starting premise is that correlation proves causation. “Guns were banned/restricted in the UK and Australia, therefore gun related crime went down.”:
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The US has lost its way and been on a downhill slide since our elected officials stopped doing what was best for the USA and began trying to emulate other, less free, less successful nanny state countries.
Crime rates increase/decrease in direct proportion to the overall Negro population.
With somewhere above 300 million firearms in this country, it’s a fools errand to think Americans could be disarmed.
The British tried that in the late 1700’s, didn’t work out well for them.
What the hell is he talking about???
Crime in those countries WENT UP 44% after the guns of the law-abiding were confiscated.
CHECK THE FACTS—YOU IDIOT!!
They're very careful to only talk about gun crime. That you'll be more likely to be the victim of knives, clubs, or fists once all the guns are gone is carefully avoided.
A patriot’s answer would be that nothing done in inferior foreign countries should be emulated.
If I wanted to live in one of those countries, I would move there.
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