Dragging up old stuff but I'm not American so I can only respond to points I know anything about
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Originally Posted by DelayedReaction
Read pages 14-19 of the PDF in relation to children and accidental discharges. In particular...
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Fact: In 1996, there were only 21 accidental firearm deaths for children under age 15. Contrast this with 40 kids under age five that drowned in buckets and 80 that drowned in tubs (i.e. parents could have prevented six (6) times as many drowning deaths as they could firearm deaths).
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Death by firearms could be reduced to zero by not owning a firearm. Preventing death by water is a wildly different and wholely unreasonable request. You could always not have buckets or a bathtub, but it's still possible for a young child to drown in a couple of inches of water. An outright ban on liquids might be effective though...
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Originally Posted by DelayedReaction
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Originally Posted by Kostya
I live in Australia, we have gun control, less people get shot here, I like it...
Read page 47, which specifically focuses on Australia. In particular...
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Fact: Crime has been rising since a sweeping ban on private gun ownership. In the first two years after gun-owners were forced to surrender 640,381 personal firearms, government statistics show a dramatic increase in criminal activity. In 2001-2002, homicides were up another 20%.
Pretty hardcore evidence there.
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