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March 3, 2553
Posted by: SpartanMk18
Posted by: cameo_cream
Posted by: Capt Hair
Posted by: Scottus4
That would only work if the "maniacs" acquired those guns through legal methods and went through a background check. This sums up anything else I could say about this, wow.
84% of weapons used are stolen from a law-biding citizen and then used, and that's an argument against gun control? Sheeeit son, we need to take a page from the Canadians and start legislating some minimum weapon storage measures. Bare minimum they should be under lock and key if they aren't on someone's person.
Man, 84%, that's insane. How is it that lax? You can legally get fingered up the *** by TSA at the airport but you can leave an Uzi laying out on your front porch? Let's use some common sense people!
OMG!!! Personal responsibility in America?!?!?!. Guns get the blame, when in reality it's the dip-blam!-s that leave guns available to their children or friends. If they were locked up when not in use and the proper precautions were taken we wouldn't have so many incidents.
I'm a gun owner, I have several. All are in a safe and have locks in the loaders/triggers. No kids going to break into my house and steal them and go commit a crime, it'd be more trouble than it's worth. And I carry the keys with me.
Why is it in America everybody has to own a gun? This is why your society is so morally broken.
Why not ban guns like many other countries? And then you will see a dramatic drop in gun related crime. But oh no, your country is far to proud to follow educated decisions - you have to be independent.
Japan has a full ban on guns, and they have next to no gun related deaths in their country. Now those patriotic Americans will say "But criminals will get guns even if they are banned stupid foreigner! Criminals don't obey the laws foreigner!". Well lets break that down.
-Guns become banned.
-Criminals want guns.
-Guns are now black market products much like drugs and the police now dispatch divisions into finding these black markets.
-Police set up 'fake' black markets, or 'sting' operations catching more criminals
-Since guns are banned, finding these black markets won't be easy will it? So the time it takes for these criminals to get weapons will be much longer.
Still criminals will get weapons, but at least now they can't go and walk into a store and hand pick them.....
If all of you are that paranoid that you need a gun to protect yourselves then why not get a Tazer? They aren't lethal and will not kill or seriously injure people who you think will harm you..... but that's not kewl enough is it?
And then you have all this economy stuff because guns are such a massive source of income in your country that banning them will result in job losses and more recession.... then you will all blame Obama.
So your country is pretty much F'd. It is corrupt and there is no easy fix due to the fundamental way your country works.
Last year there were 31940 people killed by firearms last year.
851 were accidental discharge
19,766 were suicides
11,101 were homicides
222 were undetermined
258 were lawful use of lethal force.
61% of deaths were suicides. You can throw that out, as people will commit suicide regardless of what is available.
34% of deaths were homicides. If we rule out Crimes of passion, which is the most likely way to get murdered, as well as Criminal v Criminal, firearm deaths are incredibly low.
Your average person on the street with no criminal affiliation, and is not cheating on their significant other will likely not be killed by a firearm. In fact, it would be extremely unlikely.
Also, tasers are illegal in some jurisdictions, and are some times ineffective. Same with pepper-spray or MACE.
When the adrenalin pumps, and the intent is there, a little electric shock or eye irritation will not stop you. Adrenalin is a helluva' drug.
Compare those figures to a country with guns banned. It is very obvious the deaths will be lower, but the point is that there are less criminal with weapons - less threats to police and civilians in general.
I would do a full on stats breakdown based on total deaths in your country but it's not worth my time. Police must find it hard where there is always a threat that a law-breaker may be holding a gun.
If I make a reference back to the recent school shooting, this person didn't have to go very far to gain access to a weapon did they? Make guns illegal and very few people own guns then it becomes very hard to perform those actions. (Of course they may still happen but not everything can be stopped, but it can be prevented in many ways) This person may have had to resort to using a knife in which somebody could have over powered him, which could have resorted in far less deaths.
Honestly, if your country seriously believes that everybody should be able to get basically any gun they want after a 3 day waiting period or something then..... I'm sorry - but the next time there is a mass shooting you will have no sympathy from me.