Point out to me one developed country that comes close to the United states in murder rate. Even relative, none come close. The availability of guns does make it a lot easier to murder someone.
[quote]2. There is not a recorded instance in either the US or Europe in which passing gun control measures reduced the violent crime rate from the level it was at before such laws were passed. In several cases, violent crime subsequently increased. [/quote]
I'm not saying that banning guns is the option nor did I say that gun control is the ultimate solution. What I do say is that tighter regulations on guns do improve society. A gun ban would be impossible. It has already got out of hand. Making them legal was wrong to begin with. Look at societies that had them banned all along. Way better, way less violent and way more free of fear.
[quote]3. Records show that murderers almost always have a prior criminal record, and are thus the kind of people far less likely to obey gun laws in the first place.[/quote]
Again, look at Europe. Care for the poor so that they don't have to become criminal. Tighter gun laws will at least make it a lot more difficult for such people to get a gun, especially for the psycho homicides.
[quote]4. The areas of the United States that permit gun ownership have a significantly lower rate of violent crime than those that have enacted gun control laws. [/quote]
Simply not true
[quote]5. Further, violence is not spread evenly in America. Certain sub-cultures have much higher rates of violence. For example, urban African-Americans have a much higher murder rate than whites and rural African-Americans despite being far less likely to own a gun. If guns are really the problem, rather than say, gang involvement, this trend would necessarily be the opposite.[/quote]
Again why do gangs exist? Poor people with no jobs, left alone by the government. People are not born criminal, they get criminal. Because lets be realistic: what other options do you have without a job, healthcare or education and a government (and by extension a people) that refuses to care for its poor?
is it simply coincidence that all other developed nations are less violent? I don't think so. Culture and social factors?
Please explain these images. Much more violent history.
etc.
I think, no, I know that this is hypocritical. People who are laying on their deathbed, dying in misery do not have the right to end their lives while other people can simply kill a burglar, or people can be sentenced to death.
The point I am trying to prove is that guns are bad, very bad and that killing another human being is also bad. Owning a machine that was designed to murder isn't something to be proud off and it is only necessary because guns were made legal in the first place. Guns in the United States have become a necessary evil and the American government should apologize for that, they should show some shame to all those people that have been the victim of this practice. It has become impossible to reverse it, but people should actually look at the world and admit that it is NOT a good thing.
[quote="KentuckyWildcat"]Again Woeler, your emotional and politically charged argument isn't supported by the statistics[/quote]
Because killing is obviously... right? If you've done one thing by saying this it is proving my point on the general attitude towards gunmurders.
