The catch-all gun thread

[Kayenneh]

What I am not capable of doing is defending myself with my bare hands against a large assailant or multiple assailants. Are you?

Fortunately I have never needed to find out.

First of all, where's your evidence which shows that easier access to guns leads to more people getting shot?

"A study by two New York City cardiologists found that the U.S. has 88 guns per 100 people and 10 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people — more than any of the other 27 developed countries they studied."
Another article covering the same study. More guns meant more deaths, they found. "The gun ownership rate was a strong and independent predictor of firearm-related death"
Of course, there are other things in play, but yet the US has really bloody statistics when it comes to gun ownership and the correlation with gun related deaths.
We analyzed the relationship between homicide and gun availability using data from 26 developed countries from the early 1990s. We found that across developed countries, where guns are more available, there are more homicides. These results often hold even when the United States is excluded.
The study, covering 30 years (1981-2010) in all 50 states, found a “robust correlation” between estimated levels of gun ownership and actual gun homicides at the state level, even when controlling for factors typically associated with homicides. For each 1 percentage point increase in the prevalence of gun ownership, the state firearm homicide rate increases by 0.9 percent, the authors found.

Do you really think real life is like those Hollywood movies where people shoot guns everywhere without a care in the world?

No, I don't.

Also, in response to your laughable claim that if there are no guns there's no threat, I want you to take a look at this graph:

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Interesting correlation, but it proves nothing. For all one knows from looking at the graph, it can very well mean that 'violent crimes' are fistfights.

They don't want to rob a house if they know that the residents are armed.

I'll ask you again, how many times have you found yourself at gunpoint?

On the other hand, gun-free zones like Chicago are absolutely infested with crime.

And this has nothing to do with Illinois' problem with unemployment, which is the fourth highest in the whole of US?