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My two cents:
Can anyone point to any stats that compare the times a gun stopped a crime to the times guns were used in a crime? My guess its a 1:1000 ratio.
The US has the highest death by guns in the world per capita. That is a scary stat!
The US appears to be a nation of very frightened people who sees everyone as a threat. A gun owner is the most frightened of all and the one that feels most powerless in society, hense the need to have a gun.
A city (country) without guns has a chance to break the cycle of fear and teach people that guns aren't stopping the fear, they are helping to create it. They create the stats of gun related deaths.
If you make a law 'no guns' -then when you see one with a gunn, you know who the bad guy is and you can be assured the law can deal with him. Its tough at first because it is will maximize your fear, but like a child not wanting to go on the big slide, it is fear talking and not the reality of what really will happen. You have to replace your fear with trust that not everyone is out to kill you.
It will be OK to have no guns. Trust in the people that make up your country. They are frightened but they are good people who want to be living a life without fear, just like you.
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