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Guns are also very effective for threatening people, even if nobody gets shot. There is a legitimate use as a power equalizer for self defense, like if someone breaks into a house and there's an old dude in a wheelchair with a shotgun, they'll probably turn around and leave. But also it enables strongarm robberies.
It's a deterrent because it's an escalation from theft to manslaughter. And people are afraid of it explicitly because it's only a tool used to kill
Great at maiming, too.