Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Ohio: Buckeyes for Concealed Carry President Uses Handgun to Defend Family [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)Ahh, yet another gun fanatic ducking away from yet another losing argument. It was entertaining though. The "Russia" argument I've heard from some other NRA mouthpieces in the past, but I think I have to give you credit for the "deaths per gun" nonsense. That was original!
Yes, 30,000 gun deaths a year. Roughly 20,000 suicides, 10,000 homicides, and about 500 to 1,000 accidents. For a point of comparison, the total number of deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan, and 9-11 is about 10,000, the number of US deaths in the worst year of the Vietnam war was 16,000, and the total for all of Vietnam was just under 60,000. So, every two years, guns kill more Americans than died in all of Vietnam.
This is why, statistically speaking, gun control is a very important topic. Avoiding senseless wars and preventing more terrorist attacks is important, but if we could get our gun violence rates down in line with Western Europe, we would be saving far more lives.