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In reply to the discussion: Can We Just All Accept Reality? Guns Are Not Going Away. [View all]AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)15. Intentionally vague
"But those types of incidents are really still rare given the number of guns vs. people and crimes in the US."
Nations with the strongest handgun control laws are; Australia, Great Britain, Japan, Canada and Sweden. Each has less than one hundred murders by handgun per year. Here in America, which has the weakest handgun controls, we have about ten thousand handgun murders a year. Thats one hundred times as many, and even with per capita adjustment, its always more than ten times as many. Hell, just in the state of Texas, where guns transcend even Jesus, its ten times the amount as many countries. In 14 states, gun deaths surpass motor vehicle deaths.
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If light sabres are outlawed only Siths will have light sabres. All kidding aside, I think guns
2on2u
Dec 2012
#2
Try dialing that combination, in the dark, when you have heard someone...
GreenStormCloud
Dec 2012
#25
Yeah, that's why they spend millions of $ on teaching gun safety to kids each year
DonP
Dec 2012
#17
I think your observations have been biased by the omnipresence of modern media....
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#31
My great grandfather has a .30-30 hanging on the wall, and has for as long as I've been alive.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2012
#38
Not "conveniently", just "obviously". Not every murderer uses a gun. n/t
Decoy of Fenris
Dec 2012
#9
I don't think any pro-gun person on this site is against stricter gun control
shadowrider
Dec 2012
#34
I Can Support the Second Amendment and Seek to Reduce Gun Violence
fightthegoodfightnow
Dec 2012
#22