Ah yes, that thing that is super duper common in normal countries. Hostage situations. Can't order a coffee without someone being taken hostage.
If only there was some way to make sure people didn't just have access to the weapons they need to successfully perpetrate a hostage situation... almost as if the glorification of weapons and the military is at the core of this eh?
If only there was one step further that this could be taken. Like making economic conditions for people so that they wouldn't even want to do hostage situations or robberies in the first place. If only there was such a model where we could see that happening...
Why? Not even the US calls SWAT for robberies, that would be truly idiotic. You call your insurance office so the you can try to fight your way through the people that are trying to prevent you from filling out all the paperwork necessary to get your coverage. Very different fight.
I've abstracted the problem a bit and traveled up the causal chain so I think this confused people. I'm getting at something more fundamental. Ask yourself why there are more violent crimes and theft in poorer neighborhoods/poorer countries than in rich neighborhoods/rich countries. Is it because the genetic makeup of people (often referring to skin pigmentation, but not exclusively) or is it because opportunity costs? If you're even lower middle class it usually is a high risk low reward situation to steal or perform violent actions. That's why the best thing you can do for public safety is actually to create a wealth/living standard floor.
It helps to play the "why" game and physically draw your connections (especially since you want to travel down certain paths after you have have gotten to them and there's going to be a lot to keep track of). Certainly removing guns can be one part of the solution, but it clearly isn't the only factor contributing to "people getting shot" and is really a lazy way of trying to solve the problem by presenting this as the one and only way to resolve it. Complex problems require understanding the whole chain (or a good portion of) to resolve and the over simplification just causes us to fight and continue our 30 years of debate that has not deviated or grown despite the problem having.
If only there was some way to make sure people didn't just have access to the weapons they need to successfully perpetrate a hostage situation... almost as if the glorification of weapons and the military is at the core of this eh?