<story><title>Gun laws where guns take the most lives</title><url>https://latinamericareports.com/gun-laws-where-guns-take-the-most-lives</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jostmey</author><text>The debate here has focused on guns as the problem. Guns are not the problem, they are an expression of the problem. To quote the article: &amp;quot;The Economist stated that rapid urbanisation and inequalities in wealth distribution were some of the largest factors in violent crime, and as one of the most unequal countries on the planet, Brazil backs up this claim.&amp;quot; I think this statement applies to Mexico and other Latin American countries, to varying extents.&lt;p&gt;Removing guns from the streets may reduce gun deaths, but the violence will probably remain as long as the underlying social injustices are not addressed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>goshx</author><text>&amp;gt; Removing guns from the streets may reduce gun deaths&lt;p&gt;It didn&amp;#x27;t in Brazil. Since 2004, civilians can&amp;#x27;t carry their guns and the police makes it very hard for them to be able to have one in the first place, or to register them again when it&amp;#x27;s time to renew.&lt;p&gt;Here is a graph with the homicides in Brazil from 1996 to 2016: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ipea.gov.br&amp;#x2F;atlasviolencia&amp;#x2F;dados-series&amp;#x2F;31&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ipea.gov.br&amp;#x2F;atlasviolencia&amp;#x2F;dados-series&amp;#x2F;31&lt;/a&gt;  (click on &amp;quot;País&amp;quot;, then scroll down to see the graph)</text></comment>
<story><title>Gun laws where guns take the most lives</title><url>https://latinamericareports.com/gun-laws-where-guns-take-the-most-lives</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jostmey</author><text>The debate here has focused on guns as the problem. Guns are not the problem, they are an expression of the problem. To quote the article: &amp;quot;The Economist stated that rapid urbanisation and inequalities in wealth distribution were some of the largest factors in violent crime, and as one of the most unequal countries on the planet, Brazil backs up this claim.&amp;quot; I think this statement applies to Mexico and other Latin American countries, to varying extents.&lt;p&gt;Removing guns from the streets may reduce gun deaths, but the violence will probably remain as long as the underlying social injustices are not addressed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>baroffoos</author><text>Guns are like a megaphone for violence. Violent people will still exist but their reach is far less with a knife</text></comment>