Now, now. That wasn't very honest. Take a look at England now:
Total crimes (per capita) by country. Definition, graph and map.
I would bet that everyone else this forum would agree that that link doesn't prove that the existance of guns is the soul reason for American having a higher crime rate. Everyone but you and Liblady, that is.
fair enough
explain what other factors would create such massive differences in murder rates (in which a gun was used)
Demographics is probably number one.
How about better gun legislation? Making a blanket statement like that really shows your ignorance. Using that statement you could infer that you are suggesting the solution to gun crime is always less legislation.
Why do we need more?
do you find the assualts such as the one on the congresswoman acceptable, where better gun controls might prevent such recurrence?
Gun sales soared in Arizona and several other states on Monday after the shooting on Saturday of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to FBI figures provided to POLITICO.
Gun sales skyrocketed 60 percent in Arizona on Monday, Jan. 10, compared with the corresponding Monday last year. Giffords was shot and critically injured at a public event on Saturday. Six people at the event were killed; 12 others were injured.
In Ohio, sales spiked 65 percent on Monday, the FBI said. They rose 38 percent in Illinois, 33 percent in New York and 16 percent in Florida.
non auto/semi long arms ... what might be expected to be used for hunting and self defense
handguns should be allowed only for leos and the military
i have no issues with hunting, nor do i have issues with a gun used for personal protection, although i do believe in strong regulation. not knowing a lot about guns, can you tell me a why a person would need to get off that many rounds that quickly? a plausible situation, i mean.
americans exercise what they foolishly feel to be their rights, so many reprobates
Gun sales skyrocket 60 percent in Arizona - Jennifer Epstein - POLITICO.com
to the contrary, an outright banning of all guns would stop a lot of our violence. not that i advocate that, but it's true.
another person who wants to disarm honest people and give criminals free reign
let's compare murder rates where a gun was used (per 100,000 population):
USA 3.98
england 0.15
japan 0.02
or we could look to the north
canada 0.4
notice how well our guns-for-everybody policy protects us from criminals
source: Gun Facts
what was England't rate before they started banning guns?
our homicide rate is 10X that of canada's
the major difference:
tolerance of guns
no, another person who recognizes that the widespread availability of hand guns and automatic weapons leds to criminal use of such offensive arms
no problem with (non semi/auto) long guns to be used as defensive weapons and for hunting
once we harshly prosecute those criminals for possessing handguns, our streets will be safer
go find out
I never ask a question I don't know the answer to
it was almost non existent.
in other words, gun control didn't make England Safer
but what we do know is that the nation which tolerates widespread gun ownership has over 26 times the murder rate caused by guns when compared to the nation which restricts gun ownership
USA 3.98
england 0.15
homicides per 100,00 population
England had almost no crime back in the days when they didn't restrict gunsbut what we do know is that the nation which tolerates widespread gun ownership has over 26 times the murder rate caused by guns when compared to the nation which restricts gun ownership
USA 3.98
england 0.15
homicides per 100,00 population
how so, since the data was presented per 100,000 population
Do you even know what demographics means? No wonder you seem to be having a hard time understanding.
England had almost no crime back in the days when they didn't restrict guns
factor out black on black drug crime, we have a lower rate of gun crime than white Briitish
let's see your stats for both
until then, i call bull****
While African Americans comprise 13.5% of the U.S. Population, 43% of all murder victims in 2007 were African American, 93.1% of whom were killed were African Americans.
Black on Black Crime Coalition
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