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Topic #305: Would removing all guns from earth make us more or less safe?

I think that removing all guns from the planet would make us more safe. I chose to answer this prompt because it is closely related to if making guns illegal would make us more safe, which in that case, I think it would make us less safe.

The main reason guns are so dangerous right now is because people with malicious intentions use guns to harm other people. Fortunately, deviants not the only ones who are permitted to use guns; people who wish to use guns to defend themselves can also get a hold of them and use them when needed.

If possessing guns becomes illegal, it will affect those who use guns as defense more than it would affect those who use guns as offense. Most criminals who use guns for attacking others get those guns illegally anyway, so outlawing guns would have little to no effect on them. On the other hand, those who use guns as defense acquire them legally, so if they are not able to do so, they will be left in the dark and have nothing to use to defend themselves if the situation arises.

However, if guns were completely removed from the planet, nobody would have guns at all, and it would make us more safe. Not only would defenders not have guns, the offenders would not either. Thus, it is not important that the defenders do not have guns because they do not need to use the guns to protect themselves from guns.

Of course, I can probably bet everything I own that guns will not magically vanish from the planet any time soon, so this ideal scenario is probably never going to happen, but it would be nice if it did.