With the hundreds of millions of guns in this country already

[DainBramaged]

Why aren't we the safest nation in the world????????? And more guns will make us safer???

[Recursion]

1. Reverse the causality. People want guns because we are a much more violent country than our peers

For several reasons.

[Fumesucker]

4. One major reason for the violence is under direct control of the government

The Drug War.

It could be ended in a single day with nothing but votes and signatures.

[RKP5637]

5. +++ 1,000,000 +++ This inane drug war demonstrates admirably how

collectively STUPID countries can be ... It's at the apex of dysfunctional logic.

[Lizzie Poppet]

8. So very, very THIS!

Estimates vary on the precise percentage, but every one I've ever seen states that the drug trade is somehow involved in the majority of homicides in this country.

[el_bryanto]

2. Guns can only do so much - they need people to be constantly shooting them

to really protect us. That's why I propose that every American Citizen over the age of 6 be required to fire a gun every 15 minutes. Only then will be truly safe.

Bryant

[NYC_SKP]

3. We'll become safer when we reverse the trend of wealth concentration toward the entitled few.

Tighter restrictions on guns and ammo are useful, but unless and until we restore fairness and wealth and work and hope to the masses, people will continue to feel hopeless and powerless, and a few of them will act out these feelings.

We see graphs and charts daily describing these problems, yet we aren't doing nearly enough to change direction.

[RKP5637]

7. I often wonder how that will come about, the restoration of fairness and wealth. I watched a

movie about the Koch Brothers last night and their deliberate destruction of the US, and the lemmings/guppies that enable their approach. I just often wonder what it will take get enough Americans off of their asses to rise up and say fuck this, enough is enough.

[Puzzledtraveller]

6. Yes, they are really everywhere

In 1997 I shared an apartment with two friends. Eventually we went our separate ways and when I moved and I unpacked I found a small hand gun in one of my boxes. It fit in the palm of my hand and had a magazine that maybe held about 10 rounds, it was very rusty but if cleaned up and with ammo would work as the trigger and pin stil functioned. I have no idea where it came from. My guess it belonged to one of my roommates.