Of course it is. Rolleyes
In Britain in 2012 there were 530 murders, which is appalling. Britain has about one fifth the population of the USA, so to get a comparison you need to multiply by 5, making 2,650.
The best figure I could get on line for the USA is 13,500 which is one Vietnam every four years or so. The fact that the murder rate is worse in various banana republics does not make the USA figure either more or less.
Britain is not a more righteous nation than the USA, far from it! Other crime stats in Britain are awful. If guns were readily available in Britain our murder rate would be sky-high. But, praise God, they aren't.
Brothers, it's your country. You do what you want. I merely point these things out. I truly hope that your sons or daughters aren't the next people to get blasted by some nutcase on a University campus.
I think our crime is a direct result of a general departure from God. The solution is not, in my view, a gun restriction, because other weapons would simply be substituted.
But you left off my quote, which is true: guns kill people no more than pencils misspell words.
In Britain in 2012 there were 530 murders, which is appalling. Britain has about one fifth the population of the USA, so to get a comparison you need to multiply by 5, making 2,650.
Stats can be manipulated to present particular bias. I seldom consider these wise means of presenting a case for anything.
And I find some of these figures amazing.
Gun violence in the United States results in thousands of deaths and injuries annually.[1] According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2013, firearms were used in 84,258 nonfatal injuries (26.65 per 100,000 U.S. citizens) [2] and 11,208 deaths by homicide (3.5 per 100,000),[3] 21,175 by suicide with a firearm,[4] 505 deaths due to accidental discharge of a firearm,[4] and 281 deaths due to firearms-use with "undetermined intent"[5] for a total of 33,169 deaths related to firearms (excluding firearm deaths due to legal intervention). 1.3% of all deaths in the country were related to firearms.[1][6]
(the quote is the link)
Britain is not a more righteous nation than the USA, far from it! Other crime stats in Britain are awful. If guns were readily available in Britain our murder rate would be sky-high. But, praise God, they aren't.
I did look at some crime stats and one showed the US as 16% higher than the UK. Not a great margin, which I think points to the fact that people are going to commit crime...anyway.
But as far as guns go, this is just something viewed as not only a right, but a necessity for the purpose that our Government not be the only ones with guns, lol.
Brothers, it's your country. You do what you want. I merely point these things out
The simple fact is that whether or not citizens retain the right to own guns, it is a certainty that criminals are going to have theirs. They have them now when they are not supposed to.
Again, I do not put a lot of stock in stats, but found this:
Crime and Guns
Basic to the debates on gun control is the fact that most violent crime is committed by repeat offenders. Dealing with recidivism is key to solving violence.
Whether the stats above are true or not, I doubt anyone will argue that those who murder using firearms are criminals, right?
I truly hope that your sons or daughters aren't the next people to get blasted by some nutcase on a University campus.
My hope is that there will be someone there who is armed who can put the person down. If I am not mistaken, policy prohibits guns from being in school zones, so the only ones who have guns are the criminals.
Another interesting fact that not many people know is that
most of the shooters in mass shootings are on some form of psych med.
So personally I am against the thought that the right to own guns is the reason for murder. Those of murderous intent are going to kill their intended victim one way or the other.
Pencils just don't misspell words.
What is the difference between those who own guns who handle them responsibly and those who misuse them? Again, should everyone suffer because of the actions of some.
God bless.
