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Originally Posted by hevusa  Do you have a source for your 11% stat? Because I would love to hear where you pulled that one out of.
There are MORE guns in inner cities. Your safety has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that you like to own archaic human killing devices.
But I digress... as the movie "Bowling for Columbine" clearly pointed out it isn't the fact that we own guns that is the major problem in America. Canadians own a heck of a lot of guns too but don't have a 10th of the gun related violence. But they also protect and help their people with social benefits (health care, etc.).
The problem in America is our capitalist "every man for yourself" attitude inherently creates a desperate class of people. Add a vast array of weaponry into that equation... and well, you get this lovely environment where people take each other out at school, at work, at home... or just themselves, alone at home.
God bless America. God bless the NRA.
Here are some REAL stats for you though (with a link):
Percentage of Americans who feel that "the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict": 62 (Source: BJS Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics, pg. 191)
Total cost of firearm assault injury and death in 1992: $63.4 billion frontline: hot guns: Gun Stats & Facts | PBS |
Stats huh,
In 1999 Time Magazine surveyed 30,000 Americans. It found that only 6.7% of people wanted stricter handgun laws, while at the same time some 92.2% believe that carry a concealed weapon helps to reduce crime.
A 1999 survey by CBS (hardly a pro gun organization) found these responses:
• Only 14% of Americans believe that gun control can prevent violence with guns.
• 56% of people said enforcement of existing laws is the better way to reduce violent crime than
• Only 4% said gun control should be a top issue for the government.
According to an AOL.com poll in March 2000:
How can gun violence be effectively prevented?
Stricter gun control laws 17.8%
Proper enforcement of current gun control laws 22.4%
Ban on handguns 13.2%
Stricter punishment for crimes involving guns 35.6%
BTW a 1999 survey by CNN found that by an overwhelming 85% of respondents that manufacturers should not be held liable for gun deaths.
Damn those facts sure are stupid little things aren't they.
dmk Conservatism, I repeat is not an ideology. It does not breed fanatics....But if you want men who seek, reasonably and prudently, to reconcile the best in wisdom of our ancestors with the change which is essential to a vigorous civil social existence, then you will do well to turn to conservative principles
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