(December 3, 2015 at 9:40 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: What? Why are gun related deaths worse than any other deaths?? If it doesn't reduce the murder rate, what's the point? I can't ever understand the logic behind this. Say there are 1000 people killed, 90% with guns. You ban guns and the next year 1000 people are killed, 90% with knives. The gun-deaths has gone down 90% but the same number of people can be killed. I keep 'bleating' about the per capita murder rate because it's the only relevant stat.
If I had a magic button that instantly made all guns in the U.S. immediately disappear you are going to maintain the position that the murder rate will remain static?
