You put up a statistic for violent crime, why don't you put up the statistic for murder? US is 5 times higher than the UK. There is a connection between gun ownership and murder rates, it's pretty obvious anyway (if not then you are probably suffering from a level of psychosis). It's not that "you" are more likely to murder, but more in the sense of where there are guns, the owner may lack the mental integrity to only use as a last resort, guns are going to get into the wrong hands, guns might be stolen, guns won't be locked in a cabinet 100% of the time. "Psychosis" is when you try to twist something around (live in a different reality), by saying that lower crime altogether is better than a lower murder rate?!
dcontroversal I see you do this to people on this site, it is as if your 'reality' is the only reality that is true.
And to use the idea of death by car, is also pretty crazy. Without cars how can society function? You might say stupidly, that without guns how can society function? Look around the world for the answer to that. Or are you saying that the US is the most dangerous place in the world?
Since 2006 there have been 35 mass shootings in America. So before you use terrorism or the influx of Islam in Europe (not infused with racism of course), try and get that fact into your 'reality'. My guess is you won't be able to, which is what psychosis tends to be. An inability to accepts facts that 'don't come from you'.
I might be inclined to think about whether there is some truth in how 'good' gun ownership is, if there were people here from other countries other than the US, that agree with you and all the other Americans glorifying weapons that kill people. To me it really is an American psychosis, because you all deeply believe, as a part of your being, that you could not live without guns, even if there was fact staring you in the face that there would be less mass shootings, and less children killed every year if there was tight gun control.
If tight gun control was being introduced and they were going to make a massive gun grab, and it incited Civil War which could mean a lot of people dying (shot with guns?!), would you be fighting for those gun rights and shooting people too? What you won't admit here within the confines of your mind, is what the truth to that is.
Do you think that they have guns in heaven? There is your answer to whether weapons are Godly.
At the very LEAST, gun ownership should be strictly controlled in the US as to who can have a firearm. Interesting how your immigration rules are some of the tightest in the world, and yet gun ownership some of the most lenient. I believe to some degree police should carry guns, but not as a matter of routine. Guns can be a visible deterrent in small quantities without the intention to be used, rather than a trigger sensitivity waiting to be used. Even your police have an issue with mental integrity not to use their gun as a first resort. Is it a bible, is it a gun, is it a water pistol? Better shoot first in case it is a gun...
Part of the American psychosis of gun ownership I understand comes from a belief that you are therefore protected in case of a government turned corrupt, sublime to right to protection, the whole 2nd amendment thing. But that happened many years ago. If there was a case of rising against a corrupt government, civilian gun ownership would be like bows and arrows against machine guns, you wouldn't stand a chance. However if you watch a lot of gung-ho movies you probably think it is possible to win. After all, you were up against drones in the 1800s.
I think gun control is inevitable in the US at some point, if things start to fall apart. Without the 2nd amendment, the American Civil War wouldn't have happened.