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Funny, the south American nations are not even mentioned.... you know, the ones with MUCH higher rates of gun violence than the US...
Also, if you take out the 3 or 4 major "urban" areas (which also have the strictest gun control laws) of the US, we would be somewhere down around Sweden's rate of gun murder/crime.
That should tell you something.... but it probably won't.
Also, if you take out the 3 or 4 major "urban" areas (which also have the strictest gun control laws) of the US, we would be somewhere down around Sweden's rate of gun murder/crime.
That should tell you something.... but it probably won't.
Darn straight. I'm tired of this frick'n nanny-state maternalism from abroad which assumes much and knows very little of substance.
Much of the reason they can sleep warmly in their beds is the technological and economic superpower who employs history's greatest warriors. How are these warriors made? That process starts in the formative years at home with the inculcation of (for most of them) Christian values and a technical familiarity with an array of tools up to and including the gun.
Much of the reason they can sleep warmly in their beds is the technological and economic superpower who employs history's greatest warriors. How are these warriors made? That process starts in the formative years at home with the inculcation of (for most of them) Christian values and a technical familiarity with an array of tools up to and including the gun.
I would ask if violent crimes/acts are reported?
Guns are not the only weapon that can be used in the commission of a violent crime/attack.........just saying........
Now, had they ELIMINATED all violent crime/attacks..........THAT WOULD be something!
Does it matter if one is killed by a bullet or by a swift chop to the throat or just under the nose driving the hard cartledge up into the brain? Or being strangled? Or beaten to death with a bamboo sword?
Guns are not the only weapon that can be used in the commission of a violent crime/attack.........just saying........
Now, had they ELIMINATED all violent crime/attacks..........THAT WOULD be something!
Does it matter if one is killed by a bullet or by a swift chop to the throat or just under the nose driving the hard cartledge up into the brain? Or being strangled? Or beaten to death with a bamboo sword?
Well no, it doesn't. Having more suicides and less guns, does not mean that more guns wouldn't equal even more suicides. The suicide rate in Japan is so high because they operate in a shame culture. I would imagine that if guns were readily available, their sucide rate would be much higher -- guns are a VERY effective suicide method. I don't think guns CAUSE people to commit suicide any more than I think Nutty Cheerios cause people to commit suicide. They are just very effective when they are used, compared to any other method.
At any rate, as an anti-gun individual, I would never argue that a potential decrease in suicide rates is a good reason to create stricter gun laws. People will kill themselves whether guns are available or not. A far better argument against lax gun laws is that the USA has the highest rate of murder of any developed nation, largely due to the ease of access to guns, weapons which are VERY EFFECTIVE at killing.
At any rate, as an anti-gun individual, I would never argue that a potential decrease in suicide rates is a good reason to create stricter gun laws. People will kill themselves whether guns are available or not. A far better argument against lax gun laws is that the USA has the highest rate of murder of any developed nation, largely due to the ease of access to guns, weapons which are VERY EFFECTIVE at killing.
Sorry sir,
You have no idea what you are talking about. Research done by the US Army, FBI, and every police defensive tactics instructor in America, has shown an attacker with a knife can close the distance and make a kill faster than a defender with a firearm can draw his weapon and fire.
Using a firearm to attack or defend requires a skill and is not easy at any distance.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Research done by the US Army, FBI, and every police defensive tactics instructor in America, has shown an attacker with a knife can close the distance and make a kill faster than a defender with a firearm can draw his weapon and fire.
Using a firearm to attack or defend requires a skill and is not easy at any distance.
That's great, but it doesn't address what I said. I said, it is easier to defend yourself FROM A KNIFE ATTACK THAN FROM A SPEEDING BULLET. Your reply doesn't address this. I can tell you from simple mathematical law, that if someone is twenty feet from me and I shoot a bullet right at them, they have a very slim chance of escaping the impact and running away. If the same person is twenty feet from me and I run at them with a short melee weapon, their chances of escaping away unharmed are significantly higher. It's simple common sense. It is much harder, dynamically, to kill someone with a melee weapon that it is to kill them with a gun.
Violent crime statistics in all other developed countries clearly show that when guns are widespread, fatalities from violent attacks are more common. Because SPEEDING BULLETS ARE MORE DEADLY THAN KNIVES. Speeding bullets travel faster, further, and cause significant internal damage.
There's a reason for the old saying "never bring a knife to a gunfight".
Violent crime statistics in all other developed countries clearly show that when guns are widespread, fatalities from violent attacks are more common. Because SPEEDING BULLETS ARE MORE DEADLY THAN KNIVES. Speeding bullets travel faster, further, and cause significant internal damage.
There's a reason for the old saying "never bring a knife to a gunfight".