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In reply to the discussion: French couple stabbed to death by ISIS volunteer: no AR-15 involved. [View all]Albertoo
(2,016 posts)1- I make the point that gun control would not stop islamist attacks with assault rifles, as proven by such attacks in many different other countries. This is where your 100% argument is irrelevant: radical islamists appear to find assault rifles irrespective of local gun laws.
2- I make the point that since such attacks are probable in light of the past, it might make sense to make the targets less soft by having weapons at public venues. If the staff of large public venues like concert halls are mandated to have some weapons, it does make an attack like the Paris Bataclan harder. To use percentages like you, you go from 100% soft target to less than 100% soft target.
3- your last argument about the correlation between gun laws and homicide fails in light of international figures. Switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Europe (50%) with quite a large number of war grade assault rifles (compulsory national service after which people are mandated to keep thei assault rifles at home)
A good example that correlation is not causality.