>>56
Just shut the fuck up, honestly. Do you know where you are? This is 4chan, not some queer ass little lollipops and gumdrops discussion site where no one says "pejoratives" and "profanities". Grow a fucking pair. Your smug sense of superiority only makes you look like a complete douchebag, a 17 year old, and a moron.
There is proof for evolution, there is no proof for gun control, false dichotomy. For the millionth time, your statistics are complete bullshit because CORRELATION != CAUSATION, and you CAN'T compare two countries murder rates and expect there to be only ONE reason for the discrepancy. Can you even fucking read??
"We assess the dangers, risks and amount of effort involved in commiting a crime and then act upon this assessment. Should any of these deterring aspects outweigh the prospective gain, we don't act. This is true for all our actions, not just criminal ones."
Hey, that may be the first semi-rational thought you've brought to the discussion! Now, let's use an example. A man really hates his wife and wants to murder her. Here are the gains:
1. Bitch is dead
2. He gets her stuff
But most importantly, she's dead. Here are the deterrents:
1. Getting caught, life in prison
2. Has to live with the guilt for the rest of his life, the memory burned into his conscious of him taking a human life and watching his wife die.
3. Obtaining a gun is kind of a pain in the ass, 3 day waiting period and other shit like that, assuming he doesn't already have a gun even though he has no criminal record.
4. He would miss his favorite TV show.
Hmmmmmmmm, now which of these deterrents do you think actually have a chance of stopping him? Obviously the solution here is to increase the importance of watching TV! Sorry, no, while convenience may be a deterring factor, it is not a significant one at all and therefore not a rational way to reduce murder. I still haven't heard your position on gun control, do you propose banning all guns? Because as I have already said this is a surefire way to breed a despotic regime since you would be expanding the government significantly to enforce it and you would be taking away the option of rebellion, but you haven't responded to those points.