03-20-2018, 05:16 AM
quote:Actually, Id like to see a link to back up all the statements you made.. many of them seem far from factual.
Originally posted by Old Croc
I'd like to see a link for that...
Here's a few that suggest there to be a statistical correlation between guns and deaths. More guns more deaths. Imagine that.
1) America has six times as many firearm homicides as Canada, and nearly 16 times as many as Germany
2) America has 4.4 percent of the world’s population, but almost half of the civilian-owned guns around the world
3) There have been more than 1,600 mass shootings since Sandy Hook
4) On average, there is around one mass shooting for each day in America
5) States with more guns have more gun deaths
6) It’s not just the US: Developed countries with more guns also have more gun deaths
7) America is an outlier when it comes to gun deaths, but not overall crime
8) States with tighter gun control laws have fewer gun-related deaths
9) Still, gun homicides (like all homicides) have declined over the past couple decades
10) Most gun deaths are suicides
11) The states with the most guns report the most suicides
12) Guns allow people to kill themselves much more easily
13) Policies that limit access to guns have decreased suicides
14) In states with more guns, more police officers are also killed on duty
15) Support for gun ownership has sharply increased since the early 2000s
16) High-profile shootings don’t appear to lead to more support for gun control in the long term
17) Specific gun control policies are fairly popular
This is all from:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/...aps-charts
where you can see all the charts and graphs and read the articles explaining the above list..
And still, the simple point is, more guns more deaths. Less guns less deaths. As far as I can figure even gun enthusiasts should be able to see that, and be willing, eager, to have regulations put in place to minimize the problem guns pose.