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The Straight Story

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9. as noted above

Reply to GRACIEBIRD (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 27, 2014, 06:29 PM

Jan 2014

over 99% of gun owners don't use them in a criminal way.

So guns are not the cause but the tool. When a violent person uses that tool do we blame it or them (especially when the majority don't use the same tool that way?)

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Guns and Violence in America [View all] GRACIEBIRD Jan 2014 OP

I agree with you, and I'm not particularly proud of our culture or our behavior at home or abroad. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #1

thank you for the advice GRACIEBIRD Jan 2014 #3

We're a relatively young culture... NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #5

Welcome. Those with a gun fethish will be upset with your post. But Hoyt Jan 2014 #2

thank you!! GRACIEBIRD Jan 2014 #4

Is that like saying people who are pro-choice have an abortion fetish? The Straight Story Jan 2014 #8

If Zimmerman or the old guy who shot two Blacks walking near his property had not had a gun, Hoyt Jan 2014 #13

+1 GRACIEBIRD Jan 2014 #17

I've never lived outside the US mokawanis Jan 2014 #6

Is it possible GRACIEBIRD Jan 2014 #7

as noted above The Straight Story Jan 2014 #9

I don't know then GRACIEBIRD Jan 2014 #10

Murder rates by country vs murder by guns by country The Straight Story Jan 2014 #11

so the US is about 6x more violent than Germany? GRACIEBIRD Jan 2014 #15

We have cut our murder rate in half over the past 20 years hack89 Jan 2014 #12

Think how low it would be without gunz. Hoyt Jan 2014 #16

I don't indulge in fantasies hack89 Jan 2014 #18

Guns, greed, casino capitalism, a violent history mokawanis Jan 2014 #14

Id leave out the sporting events example Boom Sound 416 Jan 2014 #19