Lumifer comments on Open Thread, Jun. 15 - Jun. 21, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 16 June 2015 02:35:55PM 2 points [-]

In Australia nearly no one owns guns

I'm sure some people in rural areas do. Wiki says:

As of 2007 about 5.2% of Australian adults (765,000 people) own and use firearms

And that's only people who legally own guns, of course.

Comment author: Elo 17 June 2015 06:34:20AM 0 points [-]

okay yes rural guns exist. That still leaves 20million+ of population without access. Compared to america where there are more guns than people...

Comment author: Jiro 17 June 2015 02:49:10PM 1 point [-]

The rural Australia figure is for number of people, not number of guns. But when you're comparing it to America, you're comparing it to number of guns. This compares apples and oranges.

Comment author: Elo 17 June 2015 09:59:15PM 0 points [-]

certainly; this pointless tangent is becoming more of a statement about gun culture than about banning substances.