The God Damned Gun Control Thread

[(SWGO)Minas_Thirith]

Now find a graph that shows how many people die from drunk driving accidents every year.

So your saying alcohol should be forbidden?

Anyhow's that graphic proves it, USA has the majority of the homicides, and the majority of those are done with guns.
Drunk driving is another thing, for another topic, though on that one all countries suffer from it(death cause #1 to the Spanish population are car accidents)
However USA has a clear win between countries in homicides, triple to quadruple the amount of which guns are used near triple the amount from other possible murder weapons

MT

[haasd0gg]

There are also a couple countries missing from the graph which would, maybe, paint a whole different picture...

[WD-40]

Now find a graph that shows how many people die from drunk driving accidents every year.

So your saying alcohol should be forbidden?

Anyhow's that graphic proves it, USA has the majority of the homicides, and the majority of those are done with guns.
Drunk driving is another thing, for another topic, though on that one all countries suffer from it(death cause #1 to the Spanish population are car accidents)
However USA has a clear win between countries in homicides, triple to quadruple the amount of which guns are used near triple the amount from other possible murder weapons

MT

Maybe we should just rename our Country 'Dodge City'...or 'Tombstone'....So if we are so damn murderous, out of control and so dangerous a place to live, then why do we always get an assload of Immigrants from everywhere else coming here every year to suckle the tits of our government and enjoy what Freedoms we still have left?

[Darth Crater]

There are also a couple countries missing from the graph which would, maybe, paint a whole different picture...

Could you tell us which those are, what the numbers for them are, and what picture they paint?

[Col. Hstar]

I'm not sure what this tells us other than that we should reduce both gun murders and drunk driving, though.

Well...Put the wackos and drunks in Prison, and keep the guns and cars. That should do it.

Thank god for the invention of infinite prisons. WIthout them, i'm not quite sure what we'd do!

We a Time Lord Prison

[Hobo]

There are also a couple countries missing from the graph which would, maybe, paint a whole different picture...

Could you tell us which those are, what the numbers for them are, and what picture they paint?

There's no doubt that there are several countries in the Middle East, Africa and South America surpass the US for murder rates... The murder rate in America is about 5 murders per 100,000 each year, but some countries surpass 50. As for countries that are higher than America and aren't 3rd world, Russia's rate is 11.2, and Brazil is at 22.8.

Here's a fun map and some statistics: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog ... rate-unodc

Russia and Brazil both have somewhat strict gun control policies, and their murder rates are higher than the US...Though on the other hand, Japan has the most insane restrictions on guns, and their death rates are basically nothing (out of the 45 shootings and 8 deaths they had last year, 33 were gang-related). Is it just the estrogen in their soy milk? Who knows.

[haasd0gg]

Actually, crater, its a couple continents worth of countries and the picture would be a deer with a baby by a stream

[Darth Crater]

... I'm still not sure what your argument is. "We're better off than Africa"? I don't see how that's at all relevant - could you take a moment to actually make your arguments instead of vaguely hinting at them?

[MATTHEW'S_DAD]

Wouldn't the higher homicide rate mean that I need MORE guns and weapons to protect myself?

[Son]

Wouldn't the higher homicide rate mean that I need MORE guns and weapons to protect myself?