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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
I love how Strange Famous ( and others ) ignore the incontrivertable ( and often mentioned ) fact that the defensive use of a firearm stops somewhere between 80,000 ( VERY lowball estimate ) and 2,500,000 ( most accepted figure ) crimes every year in the US.
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Most accepted? You mean published by the NRA and faithfully believed by every "gun nut".
The fact that the already extremly high crime rate in the US could even be higher would worry me though.
What is wrong with your society?
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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
I love how they ignore the incontrivertable fact that States with shall-issue Concealed Carry have seen an accelerated drop in crime, a drop which is significantly -greater- than the nationwide average.
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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
I love how they ignore the fact that nations with strict Victim Disarmament laws in place ( with one exception; Japan ) all have rates of violent crime which are either higher than that of the US, or are rapidly approaching it.
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— Albert Einstein
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