It had been going down from '93-2016 and gun sales were rising. Remind me, did anything else happen in this country in and since 2016? Anything that maybe could have contributed to violence like political or economic issues? There are more than one variable at play in real life situations, not everything can be boiled down to "gun," it's the same thinking as the racists who try to boil down everything to "black," it's just narrow minded and refusing to look at the bigger picture, like the actual causes of violence in the case of guns, or overpolicing of black neighborhoods because of racist police.
Lmao people do die, every single day, because they were the victim of a violent crime and lacked the appropriate defensive tools. That fits your definition of "need" which hinges solely on survival. By that logic, literally all anyone ever needs is food, water, and shelter, even when said shelter is actively on fire from the food you cooked, then they don't need a fire extinguisher, because it isn't potable, edible, nor good building material. You're being obtuse and you know it lol.
Glad to see you understand that what's a necessity is to solve the other issues that lead to violence, so we agree that guns aren't a necessity to the vast majority of people, some just make the choice to want a gun to protect themselves while others don't (proof that guns aren't needed).
Lol, no, me making fun of your ridiculous definition of "need" is the complete opposite of agreeing. I prefer the definition the rest of the world uses, y'know, the nondelusional people.
noun A condition or situation in which something must be supplied in order for a certain condition to be maintained or a desired state to be achieved.
noun Something required or wanted; a requisite.
noun Necessity; obligation.
noun A condition of poverty or misfortune.
intransitive verb To be under the necessity of or the obligation to.
intransitive verb To have need of; require.
intransitive verb To have an obligation (to do something).
intransitive verb To be subject (to an action) by obligation.
intransitive verb To want to be subject to.
intransitive verb To be in need or want.
intransitive verb To be necessary.
Not one of those mentions "will die without." That's you.You aren't the arbiter of definitions no matter what your delusions of grandeur convince you of.
OOOHHH I get it, I don't agree with your point so you must mean you've come around to see that the definition of the word itself actually doesn't support your argument at all and now you agree with me.
I thought you agreed with me after proving times and times again that guns aren't a necessity, funny that... It's funny because all that you said pointed to that from the get go... Weird.
You never said how people manage to go their whole life without them if they're a necessity , I mean, if something is necessary then you would expect everyone to have it, right? Oxford defines the word necessity as "the fact of being required or indispensable" and I mean... If something is indispensable then it's impossible to go without it... Heck, even the guy who attacked you didn't consider them a necessity cuz that's what he would have pointed at you if he did, right? Heck, how can the government decides that some people can't get to have something that is indispensable? That's exactly what gun control is, isn't it? Let's think about things that are indispensable... Government making it illegal for some people to eat? Impossible... To be clothed? No... To breathe? As if...
Hell... If they're a necessity you should be against gun control and you should be fighting to get a gun in the hand of every single human being! What are people doing without something that is necessary??? 😱
How do people go a whole lifetime without swinging a fire extinguisher? Their house never catches on fire. BUT if it does catch fire, the fire extinguisher becomes a necessity because it is the tool they need for the task at hand. How do people go their whole lives without needing a gun? Luck. You don't get to choose when or if you're violently attacked just as you don't usually choose when your house burns down (save for arsonists), and I bet most people would choose not to be, but the attacker also gets a say in this. You may not need one right now but if a more physically fit guy is attempting to kill you, it then becomes necessary unless you want to just die. If you're lucky enough not to have that happen to you ever in life, great! But you don't get to decide that. Same for seatbelts, how can someone go their entire life without needing a seatbelt? They never get in a car crash. However, if they do get in a car crash, the seatbelt becomes a necessity. Same for airbags.
Clothes are a necessity? Nuh uh, if you never leave your house you can be naked forever, get a WFH job and order groceries. You don't need clothes to live. See? That's your argument. It is patently ridiculous.