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Originally posted by seretogis
I know I said I wouldn't post on this thread anymore, but I have to mention that this (the quote) really says a lot to me. So many people seem to have no problem with bashing the US (or anyone for that matter) for one thing or another, and yet fail to provide any sort of alternative solution. If you have nothing to say but "HAHAHA U SUK LOSAR!@@!", then maybe you shouldn't even bother posting. This goes for more than just liberals. 
By the way, gun control is a factor in all violent crime, even violent crimes committed with knives. If every responsible citizen had a handgun on them at all times, do you think that knifings would increase, or decrease? Guns are not merely killing-machines, they serve very well as a violent crime deterrant when criminals don't know who may be "packing." This has been proven in every state that "shall-issue" CCW laws have been passed in the US.
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You see, I don't pretend to have all the answers but that doesn't mean I don't have a right to weigh into the discussion. What you don't realize is nothing ever gets better until people start to ask questions. No one shows up with everything figured out and just says, "You guys are wrong, here's how it should work".
You see, I never picked one side or the other. All I asked (over and over again) was how people were correlating gun control and increasing crime rates. Is that such a bad thing?
You guys are creating the other side of your argument here. I never said I advocated strict gun control. I just want to know how gun control increases gun related crimes. Simply telling me crime has gone up a bit in one area after gun control was instituted doesn't tell me anything. There could be a million reasons but many here have selected the one that best supports their argument. No one has proven anything.
Mentioning the extreme murder rate in the US isn't "bashing the US". Stop being so scared to look at the big questions. Why is that rate so high? How can you people possibly pretend to think the status quo is ok when so many people are being killed every year? Why not take a step back and consider that perhaps an amendment that's hundreds of years old isn't exactly applicable the same way today. Is that so horrible?
Open your mind. Ask questions, even if you don't pretend to have the answers already.
SLM3