RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 13, 2016 at 10:56 am
(This post was last modified: February 13, 2016 at 11:00 am by God of Mr. Hanky.)
(February 13, 2016 at 10:03 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: What would the murder rate be if they still had guns easily available?
Oh, be serious! Do you really think that if gun ownership in the UK increased proportionally to that of the US that the murder rate would climb with it? How much do you think it would climb per additional gun owned in the UK? If it worked this way, then holy shit, you would have more murders than the whole world combined! Goddamn, you Brits are a murderous lot!
The above question has already been answered in the US, where the number of guns owned has more than doubled in the past two decades, while the murder rate has decreased. Therefore, gun ownership does not encourage murder.
How about that old NRA saw, that guns don't kill?
Turns out they really don't, barring the infinitesimal accident rate, which is 100% preventable and measures for that are present and enforced. A gun is just a tool, and Tool<>Motivation.
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