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Guns are useful, to kill people with. Maybe we'd have fewer gun deaths with fewer guns?




The majority of gun owners use them for hunting animals that they eat. They also use them for putting holes in paper targets. Only a tiny minority use them for killing humans.

> Only a tiny minority use them for killing humans

Ephedrine, anhydrous ammonia, syringes, drones/UAVs, fireworks, high powered laser pointers are just a few things that are misused by a small minority but are restricted because the bad actors create outsized harm




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