maybe I was unclear in my presentation, then; but I believe he says gun violence = guns _and_ violence. So the presence matters, but the desire for violence (and importantly, nobody around to intervene) does too

denlillaapan

The most obvious anomalies have to do with large gun presence in some places; Switzerland or Finland (even Canada!) have plenty of guns but few murders, while the UK has almost no guns but an abundance of murders.

This premise contradicts the author's conclusion that gun violence "just happens" because guns are physically present.

BooksAndArticles

Can Behavioral Economics Explain America's Gun Violence? (TDE, JB)

>The most obvious anomalies have to do with large gun presence in some places; Switzerland or Finland (even Canada!) have plenty of guns but few murders, while the UK has almost no guns but an abundance of murders.

This premise contradicts the author's conclusion that gun violence "just happens" because guns are physically present.