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Originally Posted by Xerxys
"It seems to be correlative, but not necessarily causal."
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I'm saying it's possible that more restrictive gun laws may have some connection with a lower gun crime rate, but those gun laws aren't necessarily the primary determining factor. We'd need more data to establish that.
Edit: I suspect there is a causal relationship, but that relationship would have to be made with very specific types of gun control. I think it's general knowledge that not all kinds of gun control are the same, so we'd have to specify which gun laws had the greatest effect on crime.
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Originally Posted by Xerxys
And what exactly do you (all of you) think the key to minimizing crime and violence in such a massivley populated area such as the USA would be.
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This is a huge question. If there were one thing above all others that could be implemented to reduce crime and violence, I suspect it would be putting major emphasis on conflict resolution, empathy training, and effective communication in early public and private schools, exposing children to mature and effective methods of solving their problems.