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if it wasnt for people like him carryign guns on the street, the only pepole that would have them would be the bad ones. therefore the world didnt get a little worse, it got a little better. guns protect people, they help people, and if it wasnt for our facist gun grabbing government, we would see more instances of this but we only see how BAD guns are, we never hear of the stories of people shotting a thief, or a robber, or a racist. and when those people do, what happens? the thief sues them and probably wins.
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This is not true. If you didn't have a gun, only the police and military would have a gun. Therefore there would be less black market guns that had been stolen from gun owner’s houses. Therefore less guns in the hands of bad guys. You think most guns in the hands of "bad guys" are brought from overseas or something? No, they are stolen out of your house.
The reason you don't hear about all the good things that happen with guns like thieves getting shot is because it doesn't happen that much. Most thieves don't break into a house when people are there. They wait until you are on vacation and go steal your guns, sell them on the black market, and then that weapon is used to commit crimes.
I also do not see where your government is trying to take away your guns. All they are doing is trying to make it harder to get a gun. If you should have a gun and are a good person it isn't hard at all to get a gun. Show me where someone is trying to take your gun away. I would like to see it.
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Children will be in danger regardless, whether guns are in the household or drain cleaner or pointy sticks or railings with vertical posts too far apart. The key, in my opinion, is to encourage local schools to teach children of the danger of firearms and to stay away from them just as they would fire or chemicals with skull-and-crossbones stickers on them. Education, common sense, and good parenting are the best ways to save lives.
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I saw a 20/20 once where some scientists did a study by having gun owners with children who have been taught gun safety put them in a room with a gun on the table. 9 of 10 children picked up the gun and pointed it at a sibling while unsupervised. Some pulling the trigger.
Here is what I have found.
http://www.texansforgunsafety.org/suicide/risks.htm
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"Where there are more guns, there are more suicides," says David Hemenway, a gun violence expert at the Harvard University School of Public Health, and a co-author of the study. "It's not like people are hanging themselves or jumping off of bridges. The entire amount is due to more firearms" in areas with high suicide rates.
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http://www.texansforgunsafety.org/ar...ves/crimes.htm
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Murders have been dropping dramatically since 1991 and seem to
have no relation to the concealed weapons bill.
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http://www.texansforgunsafety.org/ar...es/childrn.htm
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Children killed by firearms : 1995
(Age: under 19 unless specified)
0 - Japan
19 - Great Britain
57 - Germany
109 - France
153 - Canada
37 - Harris County, TX * (1996 data)
260 - Texas * (*Under age 18)
5,285 - United States
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I think these speak for themselves.