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John Robson Silver badge

Re: Don't see their successes

"I don't define success as convictions for gun murders."

It would be a lesser type of success. But wouldn't you agree that a conviction for possession that prevented the murder would be a success?

Initially yes, but in the long term I would define success as even these prosecutions becoming vanishingly rare because the behaviour is eliminated. The obvious measure is reduction in murders...

Note that I don't say elimination, which would of course be ultimate success, but I doubt complete elimination is possible in even this relatively easy case (there are precious few reasons for people to have weapons - there is no reason for a sporting rifle/pistol to be outside of a locked box other than in a range).

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