What would you say the root cause of the issue is? What is the issue?
I think these are the points that everyone debating this in the US never bothers to try to agree on. See this thread.
Some people are arguing the problem is “military style” weapons being too easily available, others say that’s not the problem, most firearms deaths are caused by handguns and what are military style weapons anyway.
Some say the problem is preventing mass-shootings, others say most deaths are not mass-shootings but criminals shooting each other.
It seems to me as an outsider that US people have a greater propensity than other countries towards reaching for a gun for whatever reason.
I see threads here where people talk about having guns with them when hiking because they’re worried about people who’ve hassled them for drugs on the trail or if a raccoon attacks their children and as a European I’m lost.
That appears to me to be the real issue. Why do Americans need guns and why do so many Americans decide the way to deal with whatever their problem is, is to use guns?
Are they actually more likely to use guns than people in other countries or is that just an artefact of reporting or greater gun control in other countries?
