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Originally posted by seretogis
First, <3 Office Space references <3 
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You sure know how to make a guy feel good.
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Originally posted by seretogis
Secondly, while there is a lot of variance as far as population, crime rate, and city policy goes, by and large cities in the US are more comparable to each other than they are to cities of other countries. A quiet New England town is more similar to North Minneapolis than it is to London or Amsterdam, in regards to gun policy.
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Fair. I may have overstated when I said that parts of the US are as different from each other as they are from England. I still think it's a bit of apples and oranges to compare Bedford, NH to Detroit, Michigan.
Finally, the only thing I will say with regard to gun control is that we had, in 2000, 28,663 gun deaths in this county. That's out of 148,209 "unnatural" deaths. Nearly 20% of the deaths are by gun. Cut/pierce deaths are just over 2000. Drowning, 4000. Falls, 14,000(but 13,000 of those are unintentional) Fire, 4000. Machinery, under 700. Gun deaths acount for a HUGE portion of the unnatural deaths in our county. The only thing that beats it is motor vehicles, at close to 47,000, with all but a few hundred unintentional. Guns are used in homicides. They kill people. A lot. On purpose. They are not tools. They are weapons. They kill.
Statistics taken from
CDC.