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Gun Control & RKBA

In reply to the discussion: I'm afraid. [View all]

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)
27. well
Tue May 3, 2016, 04:10 AM
May 2016

the problem with that attitude is that access to guns and higher suicide and accidental gun violence go hand in hand...

And a HUGE percentage of non-gun suicide attempts end in the person surviving, and most people don't try more than once... guns + suicide = dead people... and lots of them.

The same go for guns + arguements and guns + crazy.

Yeah, no one wants to be stabbed, but a much higher percentage of people that are stabbed survive than people shot.

If you would like to talk homicide rate, that's fine as well:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

country + rate

United States 3.8

That's almost 4x higher than the UK. In fact it's higher that 113 other countries.

Here's other countries with similar rates:

Iran 3.9
Maldives 3.9
United States 3.8
Mozambique 3.7
Uzbekistan 3.7

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Now add in the tens of thousands of gun accidents, the endless police shootings, and mass shootings and ask yourself if arming the population to the teeth is working?

We have endless guns, and a higher homicide rate than Uzbekistan... those guns aren't keeping Americans safe, and there's ENDLESS evidence that they're harming many people that are innocent.

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I'm afraid. [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 OP
I'm always tickled by those who say gun owners live in fear Press Virginia May 2016 #1
My personal opinion discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #2
well my first line of defense is the dogs Press Virginia May 2016 #3
That's a good first option, I believe in the USMC rules for gun fighting... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #7
Lol EdwardBernays May 2016 #4
there is no evidence to support the claim gejohnston May 2016 #5
lol EdwardBernays May 2016 #9
So in order for a action to qualify as... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #11
I'm not EdwardBernays May 2016 #13
Well... okay then discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #16
you proved my point gejohnston May 2016 #14
re: "They offer an illusion of safety..." discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #6
Cops carry EdwardBernays May 2016 #8
Are you saying that... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #10
I'm saying EdwardBernays May 2016 #12
cum hoc ergo propter hoc gejohnston May 2016 #15
Not even vaguely true EdwardBernays May 2016 #22
I do, I also know what I'm reading. gejohnston May 2016 #23
Gun violence. Straw Man May 2016 #25
well EdwardBernays May 2016 #27
we don't have tens of thousands of accidents, gejohnston May 2016 #28
ummm EdwardBernays May 2016 #32
That is pretty low for our population gejohnston May 2016 #35
There's some truth EdwardBernays May 2016 #36
more complete nonsense gejohnston May 2016 #37
Lol EdwardBernays May 2016 #39
your numbers are still wrong gejohnston May 2016 #41
Relevance? Straw Man May 2016 #30
Yes? Straw Man May 2016 #24
Sorry EdwardBernays May 2016 #26
You should be. Straw Man May 2016 #29
here EdwardBernays May 2016 #31
wrong gejohnston May 2016 #33
... and there. Straw Man May 2016 #34
Really EdwardBernays May 2016 #38
Red herrings and false premises. Straw Man May 2016 #40
I wonder... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #17
re: "would never call a non-gunner 'weak' or 'unprepared' or anything insulting." discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #18
The Nuge.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #19
Well, the Nuge kind of 'ran out the door without paying' discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #20
This is a tricky place. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #21
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