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That doesn't make it okay.

Oh asnakeinmygt, you had to take a dip in the crazy pond. Many studies have cited that police and security officials are indeed better at life and death moments than the common gun owner. For once thing, they train extensively in remaining calm when adrenaline forces the avarage person to fight or flight mode (panic). It's during fight mode that people start shooting, often not even hitting what they were aiming at, and flight can lead to you getting shot. You don't think, you just act, and that's when people die, because the gun owner was grossly unprepared for dealing with the situation, whether they be victim or criminal. Many people who have killed by gun did not mean to, it just happened because they panicked. Don't try to be a hero and please wait for the cops, unless it's life or death and you're willing to take a life and possibly give up your own.

Ha ha, it's true, the formers of the US government gave us the right to bare arms to keep oppressive governments of all forms in line. Try to invade the US land and we won't have to wait for the military to fight back, just like in the days of our founding.

Also, remember what Gandhi said, "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." It's because if you take guns away from people, they will have no way of defending themselves from that which comes to kill and control, be it a criminal or a government (though, hopefully not your own).

No, other guest, you need to correct your research. You can't count guns deaths in realtion to suicide, might as well outlaw tall buildings and blades of all kinds. People who are desperate to end their lives will use what ever means they can have access to, be it guns or rope. Switzerland has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the world, and the annual rate of homicide by guns per 100,000 population was 0.52. Out of every 100 households, 29 own a gun of somekind. Yes, America has a higher ownership rate of 43 out of 100, but our homicide by guns was 3.0 out of 100,000, not the 10.3 you stated. Brazil have very strict gun laws, yet their murder rates by guns are 18.1 per 100,000. What I'm saying is guns don't kill people, people kill people.

Or is in some fierce denial.

That is not an it, that is a baby. Babies are not its.

It's red bean paste.