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Originally Posted by roachboy
Even a rudimentary comparison between american numbers and that of almost any other country show a clear correlation between making guns less easily available and reductions in gun-related violence.
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Who's living in a fantasy world, huh?
US Murders Per Capita:0.042802 per 1,000 people
England Murders Per Capita: 0.0140633 per 1,000 people
New Zealand Murders Per Capita: 0.0111524 per 1,000 people
Switzerland Murders Per Capita: 0.00921351 per 1,000 people
Murders (per capita) statistics - countries compared - NationMaster
Notice that guns are *very* liberally owned in Switzerland.
Gun politics in Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Relatively liberal in New Zealand
Gun politics in New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strictly regulated in England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics
It's blithely ignorant to state that "Guns cause violence." Which may or may not be empirically borne out absent a controlled study. I challenge you to point out such a study to me before making another conclusion along the lines of "Anyone can attribute our high crime rate in the US to gun ownership."
Consider things like cultural clashes, more immigrants, a capitalist system, a lack of social safety net, economy and other factors before jumping to guns, because making such a claim is just damn ignorant.