Personally, I believe that even in cases of self-defense, guns are usually lost resort,
and there are a lot of studies out there that demonstrate that guns being involved in any
sort of fight usually leads to a higher rate of death.
So in terms of the self-defense argument, it doesn't actually make a lot of sense because
you're more likely to be harmed if you have a gun on you.
I mean, I can see what you're saying, and there have been a lot of studies there, but
also if you bring like a knife to a gunfight, it's not very productive.
Like definitely if someone already has a gun and you don't have one, there's very little
chance of survival.
So I think in that situation, like you do kind of need guns to be able to protect yourself
someone else who might already have one.
But therein lies the problem, right?
Because while that might be true, if we enact stricter gun laws or we ban guns in their
entirety, the likelihood of someone attacking you with a gun is significantly decreased.
And so then it's not like a one person has it, the other doesn't, it's more no one has
them.
The threat of decrease.
Sorry, could I interrupt you there?
Just as a thought experiment, how many of you have actually owned or operated a firearm
in your life?
Yeah, right.
Yeah.
So you would then have to agree with me when I say where most people are quite humbled
by the experience of actually using gun and environment where...
I will also say it takes a lot of resources to enact a system like that.
And the countries and regions of the world in which you see those resources being necessary
are places where you really do need to have guns, whether it's for hunting or for protection
of animals.
And in places like Hong Kong, that's not really a necessity.
We don't see those things happening.
And so it would be a really big strain on government resources and government funding
to have the proper education, whether it's in schools or whether it's communal education,
familial education, it would take a lot of resources for it still to not be a perfect
system, whereas an outright ban would take away the problem in its entirety.
While it might seem that way, like, but Hong Kong still also has the black market.
And so then basically you're just taking away all the...