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So, what is the rate of murder in the US compared to "UK and Europe". Is it too difficult to check the stats?And we see the devastating effect of knives, clubs and other weapons in UK and Europe.
You don't get it, do you? Guns beget guns. That's what we are trying to tell you.Several years ago ... my oldest son ... and his wife and their baby .... had an episode that involved firearms and saving them from harm and/or death.
And why is it that the US has so many "Higher than average crime rates"?The were living in the South Tacoma area, a place known for having a higher than average crime rate.
So, what is the rate of murder in the US compared to "UK and Europe". Is it too difficult to check the stats?
You don't get it, do you? Guns beget guns. That's what we are trying to tell you.
And why is it that the US has so many "Higher than average crime rates"?
THE BOTTOM LINE here is that the US doesn't give a stuff about its citizens so jobs are scarce, pay is low, and crime & poverty is high. "Just get a gun" and fend for yourself!
So, what is the rate of murder in the US compared to "UK and Europe". Is it too difficult to check the stats?
You don't get it, do you? Guns beget guns. That's what we are trying to tell you.
And why is it that the US has so many "Higher than average crime rates"?
THE BOTTOM LINE here is that the US doesn't give a stuff about its citizens so jobs are scarce, pay is low, and crime & poverty is high. "Just get a gun" and fend for yourself!
I like my freedom, so the American model for me please.Which model do you prefer?
So what? Murder victims would be just as dead if they were killed with a different kind of weapon.The gun death rate in the US is nearly 100 times the gun death rate in England. We should be doing what they are doing.
The U.S. has the 32nd-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 3.96 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019. That was more than eight times as high as the rate in Canada, which had 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people — and nearly 100 times higher than in the United Kingdom, which had 0.04 deaths per 100,000.Mar 24, 2021
No. Other parts of the world that are just as impoverished as our poor areas, are just as violent as our poor areas.Are Americans just inherently more violent and murderous than the rest of the world?
Free Americans don't do things out of need. We do things because we choose to do them.So according to you, they have no need to fear gun violence. That makes them nutbags that don't need to carry a gun, but do it anyway. Right?
People who are murdered with other kinds of weapons are just as dead.Sounds about right until you actually look at the numbers.
If we are murdered, there is a 75.304% chance it will be with a gun.
Yes!!! Exactly!Higher crime rates, including murder rates around the world are tied to the same thing. Poverty and inequality. Studies have shown this to be true whether it be a town or entire country, the higher the poverty and inequality rates, the higher the crime rates.
That is incorrect. They have low murder rates because of their strong social safety nets. Their gun laws are not a success in any way.Can't argue with success. What they do works.
This statement contradicts your earlier statement about poverty and inequality.75% of our murders are done with guns. Yes, they relate to the high murder rate.
If they do, the US military will eliminate China.Maybe China can eliminate Seattle , Portland , SF and LA
Murder victims would be just as dead if they were killed with a different kind of weapon.Gun owner, But last years numbers for gun deaths 38,658 is to many, even if you deny that number, half of that is almost 20 thousand dead. Some thing has gone very wrong.
Yes. Because obviously the term "common sense" is code for "blatantly unconstitutional".Should we repeal all the common sense gun legislation we have on the books now?
No one in America is making such a case. Only European serfs have to convince their lord that they have a legitimate need for a gun.The case that you "need a gun to defend yourself" is weak.
No such aspect.Do your studies include the racial aspect of slavery on the 2nd amendment?
Probably because he was studying history and not progressive fiction.If not, why?
Militias were intended to enforce law and order no matter who was challenging the peace.The 2nd amendment was a concern to southern states not as a means for gun control as both Native-Americans and African-Americans were not allowed to own guns. The second amendment was for militias to put down any uprisings by either of those groups.
That is incorrect. The right to keep and bear arms has been around for thousands of years.BTW the "right to bare" arms as we have now has only been around for about 10 years.
I did not see any strawman question.To answer your strawman question,
Reading progressive fiction is hardly an education.Stop the blather and educate yourself.
People also have the right to use their arms for the private defense of their homes. And also to protect themselves when out traveling away from home.....as part of a well regulated militia....
Only in the sense that the militia was meant to confront all challenges to law and order.to keep slave revolts down...
That's just goofy. The first recorded use of a firearm was 1364.That is incorrect. The right to keep and bear arms has been around for thousands of years.
The stats dont lie. Guns make you less safe.And we see the devastating effect of knives, clubs and other weapons in UK and Europe.
Any "Wild West" state in the USA has mostly to do with gangs and drug cartels.
Guns don't always have to be used/fired to have an effect.
Several years ago, while my oldest son was going to college after getting out of the Army, he and his wife and their baby first born had an episode that involved firearms and saving them from harm and/or death.
The were living in the South Tacoma area, a place known for higher than average crime, but it was where he was doing college. One late afternoon in Summer time they were headed home and he stopped at the local 7-11 to buy his wife a pack of cigs. As he exited the store and approached his vehicle, the car parked next to him on the driver's side, had a person in the front passenger seat open his door, blocking my son's path.
One would think that person was exiting the vehicle, but no, just wanted to harass and provoke my son, block his passage. The car was occupied by four "disadvantaged" black utes, and several other black persons loitering in the parking lot began to circle in towards the "confrontation" that was brewing.
My son, as usual was packing concealed carry and while keeping his gun hand free and ready to draw, his other hand was in his jacket pocket fingering the pepper spray. The ute blocking my son's passage continued with inane and increasingly provocative dialogue.
Inside my son's Escalade was his wife, in the front passenger seat, and their baby daughter in the back. His wife was looking around, gauged the developing situation, and reached into her purse and pulled out her pistol, holding it out in clear view in front of her, pointed to the ceiling.
The window on the driver's side was down so she had heard the dialogue exchange and looking at the threatening ute holding the door to block my son, she said;
"Shut the f**k up and let him get in our car!
Suddenly the ute became very civil and pulled his door out of the way. The crowd circling in began to back away. My son was able to enter his vehicle and quickly depart.
There's a couple of lessons here but I'll wait to see if you, or others, are sharp and honest enough to see what they are. BTW, my son is a combat vet whom had served in Iraq before coming home to attend college and start a family.
Firearms are not the only sort of arm. As just one example, the bow and arrow has been around for at least ten thousand years.That's just goofy. The first recorded use of a firearm was 1364.
So do cars and swimming pools.The stats dont lie. Guns make you less safe.
Really? Golly! So, all of those men, women and children who get blown to bits at kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools, high schools, colleges, universities, post offices, churches, road rages and shopping malls are (sorry .... 'were') gang or drug cartel members?..... Any "Wild West" state in the USA has mostly to do with gangs and drug cartels.
Hmmm, you learn something new every day!.
The thing is the murder rate of the UK is about what it was in 1950 before all their draconian gun bans and regulationsSo, what is the rate of murder in the US compared to "UK and Europe". Is it too difficult to check the stats?
You don't get it, do you? Guns beget guns. That's what we are trying to tell you.
And why is it that the US has so many "Higher than average crime rates"?
THE BOTTOM LINE here is that the US doesn't give a stuff about its citizens so jobs are scarce, pay is low, and crime & poverty is high. "Just get a gun" and fend for yourself!
Lies damn lies and statisticsThe stats dont lie. Guns make you less safe.
Nearly everything in existence makes people less safe.Lies damn lies and statistics
The stats dont lie. Guns make you less safe.
How far can you throw or shoot a stairway or a ladder?Nearly everything in existence makes people less safe.
Ladders and stairways make people less safe. People who die from falling down stairways might still be alive if there were no stairways.
And the facts are that the Uk is a lot safer thaan the US with all of its guns. All of Western Europe is safer.Lies damn lies and statistics
The facts are that the murder rate of the UK is about what it was in 1950 before all those gun laws you love so much
The murder rate in the US is about the same as it was in 1950 despite more guns in the hands of more people
Only simpletons think gun laws are the only differences between the US and the UK.
If you put the ladder or stairway on an ICBM you can launch it far enough to hit Russia.How far can you throw or shoot a stairway or a ladder?
I doubt that you can prove this claim. There are all sorts of dangerous devices in Europe. Look at all the cars and trucks for example.And the facts are that the Uk is a lot safer than the US with all of its guns. All of Western Europe is safer.
I thought you wanted to shy away from the discussion of guns ... but here you are helping to prove that guns are the most dangerous of all. Maybe you need to think a bit harder before you respond.If you put the ladder or stairway on an ICBM you can launch it far enough to hit Russia.
