I’d argue it’s more deterrent than ‘stopping’ in most cases. I’d also argue they’re not much more deterring than knowing someone with a gun, some friends, and the ability to use said gun is around. At least for the petty stuff that doesn’t take a jail system to break up.
Cops deterred me from having a productive life, leaving me a wreck with PTSD, after a gang of thugs broke into my home, tied me up, stole my medicine, and threatened to have me be raped as their prisoner for over a decade. And I could not call the cops on them, because they were the cops.
In my experience, cops are extremely fast tho - at least in larger cities. If you live somewhere rural or even in the middle of nowhere, well, they’re going to need some time to be there. It’s not like they can just materialize at a crime scene.
I’d also argue they’re not much more deterring than knowing someone with a gun, some friends, and the ability to use said gun is around
I’d argue it’s more deterrent than ‘stopping’ in most cases. I’d also argue they’re not much more deterring than knowing someone with a gun, some friends, and the ability to use said gun is around. At least for the petty stuff that doesn’t take a jail system to break up.
Cops deterred me from having a productive life, leaving me a wreck with PTSD, after a gang of thugs broke into my home, tied me up, stole my medicine, and threatened to have me be raped as their prisoner for over a decade. And I could not call the cops on them, because they were the cops.
In my experience, cops are extremely fast tho - at least in larger cities. If you live somewhere rural or even in the middle of nowhere, well, they’re going to need some time to be there. It’s not like they can just materialize at a crime scene.
Are you saying you want people to own guns?
People already own guns (in the US anyways). They just don’t usually have the free pass to use it like cops have.