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Peterdjones comments on Gun Control: How would we know? - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: rlpowell 20 December 2012 08:14PM

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Comment author: Peterdjones 05 January 2013 05:22:52PM 0 points [-]

the supposed harms of ~P are either non-existent or insufficiently obvious to reach public debate. (

Or that they are localised. The pro-gun arguments in the US boil down to 1) The constitution -- doesn't apply elesewhere 2) A multitude of armed criminals (ditto).