What kills me is that people use these statistics or those statistics to prove their point when statistics don't even tell part of the story. In Switzerland, not only is possession of an assault rifle permitted, it's required for every single able bodied man. But we can't compare the two countries because of the difference in the way that people behave. According to the British Police union
www.polfed.org the gun and knife crime rate has DRASTICALLY increased and they are calling for a huge uptick in the number of armed police. This isn't because Brits are engaging in more criminal activity, it's because of the immigration of large numbers of people that do not share their belief system and the perceived ease of victimizing an unarmed populace.
The seatbelt thing is pretty good, though. The logic just isn't there, anymore. The ONE thing that people forget is that, even if we managed to get a nationwide ban on guns and prevent them from ever being imported, anyone with a lathe and other tools can BUILD a gun, the formula for propellents can be found on the internet. People could be armed to the teeth, with no repercussions, in a few days. That doesn't count knives, chains, and whatever else the creative felon can come up with.
edited to correct a spelling boo boo that I found. Forgive the ones I didn't find.