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"[[Guns don't kill people]], people kill people!" is an [[argument in a box]] against [[gun regulation]], often used on bumper-stickers and other advertising venues. | "[[Guns don't kill people]], people kill people!" is an [[argument in a box]] against [[gun regulation]], often used on bumper-stickers and other advertising venues. | ||
===Interpretation=== | ===Interpretation=== | ||
| − | The implied argument is that preventing [[gun violence]] is best done by changing human behavior, not by preventing people from owning guns. | + | The implied argument is that preventing [[gun violence]] is best done by changing human behavior, not by preventing people from owning guns – and that therefore gun regulation is a bad idea. |
===Rebuttals=== | ===Rebuttals=== | ||
* This is why we are trying to regulate humans, not guns. | * This is why we are trying to regulate humans, not guns. | ||
* Guns don't kill people by themselves. | * Guns don't kill people by themselves. | ||
* People without guns don't kill people nearly as easily. | * People without guns don't kill people nearly as easily. | ||
Revision as of 19:22, 16 December 2012
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"Guns don't kill people, people kill people!" is an argument in a box against gun regulation, often used on bumper-stickers and other advertising venues.
Interpretation
The implied argument is that preventing gun violence is best done by changing human behavior, not by preventing people from owning guns – and that therefore gun regulation is a bad idea.
Rebuttals
- This is why we are trying to regulate humans, not guns.
- Guns don't kill people by themselves.
- People without guns don't kill people nearly as easily.