They are great. Great fun, great hobby, great way to bring a family together, and the Great Equalizer. Fucking Eurofag. American citizens want guns for the same reason that politicians and celebrities want bodyguards, except most of us can't afford a personal bodyguard, but we can afford a gun.
I'm not anti-gun, but people act like they aren't responsible for 30,000 deaths each year in the United State... It's like a car. You can have one, but if you can't use it correctly, you shouldn't have one.
If you exclude gun suicide, the number drops to 11000, and something like 80% of those are drug and gang related. 32000 people were killed in car crashes last year. And they're saying some 200000 people were killed through some form of medical malpractice, and yet, I hear no calls to ban cars, or to ban doctors.
Heres what I think, 80% of our gun homicides are from gangs right, I think the reason other countries have less gun homicides isn't because if less guns but because of less gangs. You don't hear much about the crypts and bloods in Britain do ya?
Again, I'm not saying ban all the guns. I'm just saying can we acknowledge that gun violence is a problem. Guns escalate situations much faster. Also, 50% of suicides involve firearms.. that in itself is an uncomfortable statistic. I'm not saying they take guns would prevent all those deaths.. but it makes me wonder about the benefit how accessible guns are.
However, I recommend FactCheck.org for those interested in unbiased numbers.
Gun ownership is up 4.8% over the last 7 years. Again, make your case but back it with facts. Don't base your argument on facebook, the media, special interests or you neighbor.
Stille, there was a time where you could mail order surplus military weapons. It is harder to get a weapons now than it was fifty years ago. I didn't say gun ownership had gone down, only that it has become more difficult.
Actually that's not true. Guns make is easier, quicker and more successful. Seriously, keep you guns. I've just been giving you facts. You know what else kills a lot of children (a scary amount)? Falling furniture. People should know that too. Don't stop buying dressers, but be aware that if not anchored properly you could lose a child. You are so defensive.
However, I recommend FactCheck.org for those interested in unbiased numbers.