Posted: Oct 06, 2017 3:25 pm
Willie71 wrote:aban57 wrote:willhud9 wrote:Rumraket wrote:
Sure, assaults need to be addressed... too.
But that is not an excuse for doing nothing about guns. You can do something about both, and one doesn't have to be at the expense of the other.
I’m not saying do nothing about guns, and as I’ve said I’m all for gun control.
My thing is you can have guns, even semi-autos in a society where the assault rates are low.
Do you have an example of any society where assault rate is low ? What makes you think it's even possible to reach that level in our current societies, unless putting some anti-testosterone in the water ?
...or get the lead out of the water. I suspect lead paint in low income housing, and lead in water in black communities significantly contributes to the violence in low income communities.
Your suspicion is not only correct, but backed by peer reviewed research.
Among the papers covering this topic, are this one and this one.