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Originally Posted by Mrs Master
Thats one of the stupidest things Ive read on this forum. Heres the facts my gun toting friend.
A Global Arms survey done in 2003 found that the U.S. has the largest number of publicy owned firearms in the world. Where there is one gun owned for every American.
Heres the link
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0709-03.htm |
any 'global' arms survey is automatically suspect, simply by looking at the group responsible for the survey.
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Originally Posted by Mrs Master
Hmm now I wonder what country holds the highest death rate for gun related deaths in the world. After doing a quick google I discovered a study done in 1994. Guess who's first in line.
Here are gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in the world's 36 richest countries in 1994: United States 14.24; Brazil 12.95; Mexico 12.69; Estonia 12.26; Argentina 8.93; Northern Ireland 6.63; Finland 6.46; Switzerland 5.31; France 5.15; Canada 4.31; Norway 3.82; Austria 3.70; Portugal 3.20; Israel 2.91; Belgium 2.90; Australia 2.65; Slovenia 2.60; Italy 2.44; New Zealand 2.38; Denmark 2.09; Sweden 1.92; Kuwait 1.84; Greece 1.29; Germany 1.24; Hungary 1.11; Republic of Ireland 0.97; Spain 0.78; Netherlands 0.70; Scotland 0.54; England and Wales 0.41; Taiwan 0.37; Singapore 0.21; Mauritius 0.19; Hong Kong 0.14; South Korea 0.12; Japan 0.05.
A link to verify
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvintl.html |
Many people try to bolster their gun control argument using this particular statistic, but the reality is that crime would be just as high using other means because of the number of criminals the current sytsem does not keep incarcerated. If guns were truly responsible for all the gun crime, then with over 200 million guns in the country, our population would be wiped out in 2 years.
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Originally Posted by Mrs Master
And just in case you were interested, in Australia once gun laws were tightened beginning in 1996 and concluding in 1998 gun related homicide deaths dropped by 30% from 1997 to 1998. There was also a drop in other gun related deaths. If you interested in reading more heres the link.
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while every other crime, rape, assault, and violent robbery has nearly doubled or more. Is it any concern to people that the unarmed populace is victimized and terrorized more than ever, now that they have no means of adequate defense?
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Originally Posted by Mrs Master
I've got one question, when you watch the news at night and hear about another child being killed by a gun in your country, does your heart hurt some or are you just thinking about whats for dinner?
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Every death is tragic, whether it's by a gun or some other weapon, but the gun control groups conveniently ignore the true problem and that is the person behind said weapon.