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"Offensive Weapons" in the UK

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"Offensive Weapons" in the UK
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RE: "Offensive Weapons" in the UK
December 3, 2012 at 4:35 pm
(December 3, 2012 at 4:31 pm)Jaysyn Wrote:
(December 3, 2012 at 4:23 pm)Kousbroek Wrote: Guns don't kill people, doctors kill people is a stupid remark yes..... if that is insulting to you .. too bad ...

Sometimes statistics are stupid I guess. My word of advice for you is to stay out of the actuary & insurance business. You probably wouldn't do well.

I'll make a note, Thx Smile
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RE: "Offensive Weapons" in the UK
December 5, 2012 at 8:53 am
(December 3, 2012 at 3:38 pm)Napoléon Wrote: Although I find the picture funny, that statistic is still massively besides the point. I bet a shit ton more people go the hospital everyday than own a gun.

In fairness I should have said:

"I bet a shit ton more people go the hospital everyday than use a gun everyday."

Then again, this is America we're talking about, you value your guns more than your healthcare.
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RE: "Offensive Weapons" in the UK
December 5, 2012 at 1:35 pm
(December 5, 2012 at 8:53 am)Napoléon Wrote:
(December 3, 2012 at 3:38 pm)Napoléon Wrote: Although I find the picture funny, that statistic is still massively besides the point. I bet a shit ton more people go the hospital everyday than own a gun.

In fairness I should have said:

"I bet a shit ton more people go the hospital everyday than use a gun everyday."

Then again, this is America we're talking about, you value your guns more than your healthcare.

It's still the same comparison, the individuals that go to a hospital *everyday* are the ones that work there.
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RE: "Offensive Weapons" in the UK
December 15, 2012 at 3:24 pm
(December 1, 2012 at 12:58 am)Minimalist Wrote: Look carefully. Those are not murder rates. They are gun homicide rates.

So, you are saying we are supposed to equate ourselves with 3d world nations? Thanks, but no thanks.

You know that there are first world countries that are not the US that also allow private gun ownership to one degree or another, such as Switzerland, Canada, Norway. All of them have low murder rates. Switzerland and Norway have no higher murder rates than the rest of Europe.
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RE: "Offensive Weapons" in the UK
December 15, 2012 at 4:34 pm
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