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In reply to the discussion: When You Cannot Pass Even Reasonable Guns Laws In The Light Of Massacres You Are Beyond Hope. [View all]Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)And yes, I'm pretty sure you are for gun expansion, but if you wish to condemn the NRA/ALEC's efforts towards that end it would certainly differentiate you from them. Both CCW and shoot-first laws are examples of gun proliferation. I seriously doubt you were ever against those things. "gun proliferates(sic)" is shorthand for those who wish for the proliferation of small arms and was never intended to be grammatically correct any more than "wanna-be(sic)". If you prefer I can use the word 'nut' instead, but that seems to be a more derisive than what I intended.
You also refused to answer why you think Europe has a far lower gun death rate despite having significantly higher alcohol consumption and significantly higher population density.
The rate of gun homicide in the US is far higher than any other well developed nation on earth. Regardless of what you think the US does NOT even remotely compare to other advanced nations in this regard and compares much better to the 3rd world. The US has a gun death rate of about 10 per 100,000 which puts us right between Argentina and Mexico. The gun death rate in Germany and France is less than 3 times lower which is consistent with most of the rest of Western Europe. If you want to limit it to gun homicide, the difference is even more dramatic. If you want to further delve into demographics and geography, the differences become even more dramatic. Calling the desire to correct that situation "control issues" reeks of silly juvenile name-calling nonsense that adds nothing of value to the conversation. If you want to go down that road I'd just as soon go to a bar and listen to drunken gibberish. At least that provides entertainment value and free peanuts.
Cheers!