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When I mentioned mass killings I was referring to the rather too frequent examples of nut jobs walking into schools, McD's or around towns shooting anyone they can see. From memory I think that in each case the guns were owned legally.
Please post the source of your statistics. I wold like to take a closer look at them. Do they divide 'guns' from 'violent'?
Keep in mind areas of mass shootings..... schools, businesses etc... are areas were a law abiding citizen are not allowed to carry a gun. Except for McD's.. and I believe that was before most of us were "allowed" to carry one. You never hear about people who have protected themselves against crimes and I can guarantee you there are alot of them!
And all those countries above, I believe have banned guns (except some for hunting). Look at how high the crime rate is compared to the US! It's fact that states who allow CCPs have a crime rate drop. It's too risky for a criminal if their victim could be armed. When I was visiting a friend in Austria, where guns are banned, they have a huge problem with the Turks crossing the boarders with guns and attacking the citizens..... they cannot fight back.
I would love to see gun safety in schools for all kids (also inviting the parents to participate). I think this would help curb the curiosity for children playing with guns. I think it would help remove some of the fears people have. If you've been educated and trained, they don't seem so scary. I was raised around them and started shooting when I was 8 yrs old. We (3 kids) knew where they were kept, loaded and unlocked, and we NEVER thought about playing with them.
Whats nice about being here is that you have the right to choose. If you don't want a gun in your home or on your person.. thats your right to choose. Too many people feel that if they don't think a gun is necessary, no one else should have the right to choos them, and thats where I have the problem. I don't have a problem with reasonable laws and regulations on carrying concealed, open carry etc..
If someone is going to go on a nut and kill someone, if guns were banned, they'll find another way to do it. So to me that is a lame excuse to use the "what if's" to base the need for banning guns.
There's a saying that China would never invade the US because there is a gun behind every blade of grass........ Think about that and how this thought could be what has protected us from other countries for so long....... and face it, America is not Miss Popularity! The only attacks to our country have been from the air cause they're too chicken to face us on the street!
Why would China want to have a war with anyone? Where did that come from? They are making a good job of screwing the West with trade and currency exchange rates. They are doing it to most of Asia too, come to think of it. No army is going to face the US in its own streets because it's too big a country but there are other ways to damage a country and the enemies of the West are well into doing it.
My view is that the easier it is to get guns the more likely it is that criminals will carry them. At the micro level, no-one in England has said to my kids, 'Get of my street or I'll blow off your head'.
I still await statistics that show gun related deaths to be fewer per head of population in a gun carrying country than elsewhere.
When I mentioned mass killings I was referring to the rather too frequent examples of nut jobs walking into schools, McD's or around towns shooting anyone they can see. From memory I think that in each case the guns were owned legally.
Please post the source of your statistics. I wold like to take a closer look at them. Do they divide 'guns' from 'violent'?
Keep in mind areas of mass shootings..... schools, businesses etc... are areas were a law abiding citizen are not allowed to carry a gun. Except for McD's.. and I believe that was before most of us were "allowed" to carry one. You never hear about people who have protected themselves against crimes and I can guarantee you there are alot of them!
And all those countries above, I believe have banned guns (except some for hunting). Look at how high the crime rate is compared to the US! It's fact that states who allow CCPs have a crime rate drop. It's too risky for a criminal if their victim could be armed. When I was visiting a friend in Austria, where guns are banned, they have a huge problem with the Turks crossing the boarders with guns and attacking the citizens..... they cannot fight back.
I would love to see gun safety in schools for all kids (also inviting the parents to participate). I think this would help curb the curiosity for children playing with guns. I think it would help remove some of the fears people have. If you've been educated and trained, they don't seem so scary. I was raised around them and started shooting when I was 8 yrs old. We (3 kids) knew where they were kept, loaded and unlocked, and we NEVER thought about playing with them.
Whats nice about being here is that you have the right to choose. If you don't want a gun in your home or on your person.. thats your right to choose. Too many people feel that if they don't think a gun is necessary, no one else should have the right to choos them, and thats where I have the problem. I don't have a problem with reasonable laws and regulations on carrying concealed, open carry etc..
If someone is going to go on a nut and kill someone, if guns were banned, they'll find another way to do it. So to me that is a lame excuse to use the "what if's" to base the need for banning guns.
There's a saying that China would never invade the US because there is a gun behind every blade of grass........ Think about that and how this thought could be what has protected us from other countries for so long....... and face it, America is not Miss Popularity! The only attacks to our country have been from the air cause they're too chicken to face us on the street!
Why would China want to have a war with anyone? Where did that come from? They are making a good job of screwing the West with trade and currency exchange rates. They are doing it to most of Asia too, come to think of it. No army is going to face the US in its own streets because it's too big a country but there are other ways to damage a country and the enemies of the West are well into doing it.
My view is that the easier it is to get guns the more likely it is that criminals will carry them. At the micro level, no-one in England has said to my kids, 'Get of my street or I'll blow off your head'.
I still await statistics that show gun related deaths to be fewer per head of population in a gun carrying country than elsewhere.
