A deeper way to think about guns

[Straw Man]

13. What, I'm supposed to bow to your "superior wisdom"?

That's not the way this works.

Okay, yes, holding a gun makes you more aggressive and more likely to escalate a situation.

Which is another reason why you never draw a gun unless you are in imminent peril of death or serious bodily harm, at which time a testosterone rush is the least of your worries. An assailant has already escalated the situation to a point where you may need that testosterone.

States with lax gun laws, hence more guns, exhibit a higher gun violence rate.

Do all those states have exactly the same economic profile and other demographics? Is suicide included in the "gun violence" rate? Are we supposed to picture a man picking up a gun and becoming so pumped up with testosterone-fueled aggression that he blows his brains out? Or is it your contention that normally docile men are snapping under the testosterone load that their guns have stimulated and are committing crimes of violence that they otherwise would never have considered?

Yes, I think we're finished here.