(April 23, 2014 at 9:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(April 23, 2014 at 9:26 am)Chas Wrote: No, the number of firearms-related deaths by homicide far outweighs the accidental deaths.
Reasonable restrictions would include training and licensing just like we do to keep SUVs out of the hands of idiots. That works so well.
Actually, in 2010 there were 8,775 homicides and 19,300+ suicides using guns....which sort of puts to rest the myth that having a gun in your home makes you "safer."
And, no, it would take something more than the placebo of "training." It seems as if every week some cop shoots himself or someone else because he momentarily forgot his training.
Maybe you're right. Maybe we should just ban the fucking things.
Seriously? In 2010, unintentional firearm injuries caused the deaths of 606 people. That was what I was addressing.
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