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In reply to the discussion: New Concealed Carry poll [View all]BainsBane
(53,032 posts)Since their homicide rate is a fraction of our own, yet they have very effective gun control.
International homicide rates
Japan. 0.4 per 100k
UK. 1.2
USA 4.8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Obviously gun control is lethal, while gun proliferation has absolutely nothing to do with the highest homicide rate in the First World. Clearly the problem is that enough people aren't walking around with guns to make this country safe.
I know. Those numbers don't count because they don't prove what you want. The only legitimate statistics are the ones that prove that homicide occurs in inverse relation to the number of guns in the population. Guns aren't really designed to kill. They are machines of love that magically make people feel all warm and fuzzy.