Guns aren’t the only cause of violent deaths. But neither do more guns mean less violent crimes.
por José Luis Sánchez |
Columnista de San Diego Red
Sounds logical, doesn’t? And it’s true. Violent crime may not be all caused by guns, but the fact that the U.S. boasts both the highest gun ownership rate in the world but it doesn't have the lowest violent crime rates in the world should be enough to end the idea that more guns are the solution.
Weak institutions are a cause of violence, not a lack of guns, just as violent crime mostly is a result of other factors (although, my argument is that they make matters much worse) if Mexico’s own history says anything about this. Half of our...
