That depends. Do you NOW understand why you can't compare an underdeveloped nation to the most developed nation in the WORLD?
It would be a waste of time to "try again" if you don't.
Actually I would like you to explain why I can’t compare them?
Because they are different?
So what? If I want to see the effectiveness of a blood pressure medication I compare the effect of the medication on people who have all the prerequisites for high blood pressure .
To the blood pressure of people who are in the normal range.
Mexico would thus be an excellent way to study the effect of gun control. It has all the other prerequisites for violence, ( poverty, decreased access to education , disparities in economic prosperity etc)
If gun control was extremely effective at reducing violence, then it should work well in Mexico .
Just like an effective blood pressure medication lowers the blood pressure of people who smoke, eat fatty foods, are obese etc.
Doesn't sound like anything I have said. Who is "they"? The drug lords? No! There is no gun control where drug lords operate.
Sure there is. There are only two legal gun stores . That’s gun control.
But that's irrelevant to my point.
It’s extremely relevant.
If you're still trying to compare us to an underdeveloped nation, this is a waste of time. Because it would mean you're not paying attention. There is NO gun control for drug lords in underdeveloped nations. Drug lords ARE the law!
If that were true it would stand to reason that there would be gun stores all over Mexico including the cities . Mexican citizens would be free to legally buy firearms without fear of imprisonment.
It would do that IN THE UNITED STATES. Because we are developed nation. Mexico is an underdeveloped nation. Who knows what effects it will have there... if ANY. My proposals would not work in an underdeveloped nation. ONLY in a developed nations.
Interesting. You realize that’s like saying a blood pressure medicine only works in people who don’t smoke, aren’t obese, regularly exercise etc lmao.
You're not reading!
If you have a point to make, start by READING the part of my previous post where I took the time to explain to it!
No you didn’t explain it.
Nope! My argument is that gun violence in the US is aggravated by the fact that it's so easy to obtain firearms. Especially assault weapons.
Well except you stated that it wasn’t the availability of firearms that mattered.
But now all of a sudden it does? Explain your flip flop.
READ!!!!
OBVIOUSLY this is different in other countries. Because the chances of a gun being taken out of circulation after it has been used in a crime is higher
But you are arguing about taking firearms out of circulation BEFORE they can “ fall into the hands of criminals”.
Not after.
Thats your op. None of your op has to do with getting rid of firearms “ AFTER” they are obtained by criminals.
But it's quickly replaced. Whereas in underdeveloped nations, the same gun is used over and over.... so it makes much less of a difference how many there are.
The same in the us. Criminals use firearms over and over as well in the us.
Your insistence on comparing us to an underdeveloped nation is a losing argument for you!
Actually see above. It’s an awesome argument for me.
You don’t know the efficacy of a blood pressure medicine by only comparing to people with good genetics , who work out, eat right , don’t smoke etc.
You see the effectiveness of blood pressure medicine by seeing how it works on people who are sedentary, obese etc.
The same is true of gun control.
If gun control was highly effective, it would work in countries like Mexico and Mexico would be more peaceful than the us.
But it’s not. And that’s because , even though you don’t want to admit the truth and you would rather lie., things like poverty , racial inequity , education and healthcare have far and away larger effects on violence.
Which is why countries like Canada, Germany, the uk , which have just slightly better access to healthcare, education , social safety nets , than the us, have less violence.