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foxrob92 on Dec 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: My Son Was Killed Because I’m a Federal Judge

If that were true, wouldn't the proportion of crimes involving a firearm be consistent the world over?

sokoloff on Dec 9, 2020 [–]

Surely there are many factors that would drive that. Widespread availability of inexpensive guns being only one. Punishments for unlawful possession being another that vary wildly across the globe.

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