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Actually, when you factor in the entire rest of the world, the US is pretty near the bottom. Brazil, Russia, all of eastern Europe and most of south-east Asia all have MUCH higher rates of violent crimes committed with firearms than does the US. All of these nations also have stringent gun-control laws, with the exception of Brazil.
Furthermore, guns do not 'cause' stupid incidents, idiots do. Concealed Carry Permit holders are responsible for less than .01% of all crimes committed with a gun, according to the CDC. In addition, the "X children killed per day!!!" figures you hear so often are wildly inflated; any person under the age of 21 is counted as a 'child' and the means of their demise is never mentioned. When you're dealing with juviniles over the age of 12, the most common cause of "gun violence" deaths is one gangbanger killing another, closely followed by teenage burgalers and muggers being shot by their intended victims. I'm sorry, but a 16-year-old breaking into my home gets no special leniancy from me on account of his age, neither should the little bastards who raped a 14-year-old in my hometown recently; both being 16.
Fact is, if you exclude justified shootings in self-defense, the numbers drop by nealy 1/2. Exclude gangbangers shooting each other, and you're left with less than 1200 deaths of under-21's per year, less than drownings, poisonings, disease, asphyxia, strangulation, blunt-force trauma, and automobile accidents. Accidental gun deaths in the US are VERY low on a per-capita basis.
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"I personally think that America's interests would be well served if after or at the time these clowns begin their revolting little hate crime the local police come in and cart them off on some trumped up charges or other. It is necessary in my opinion that America makes an example of them to the world."
--Strange Famous, advocating the use of falsified charges in order to shut people up.
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