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Human101948

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3. No way is this related to having 300 million guns in the USA!

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:00 PM

Dec 2015

Gun legislation in Germany is considered among the strictest gun control in the world.[1][2] The current law, the German Weapons Act (German: Waffengesetz), dates from 1972, and includes as well as modifies previous gun laws. This statute regulates the handling of knives, firearms and ammunition as well as acquisition, storage, commerce and maintenance of weapons. It also defines certain forbidden items such as nunchakus, switchblades and brass knuckles and bans their possession and distribution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_legislation_in_Germany

USA has 112 guns per 100 residents.
Germany has 30 guns per 100 residents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country

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Take a guess, how many people were shot by US police on Christmas. [View all] DetlefK Dec 2015 OP

When did the police become an occupying army? eom guillaumeb Dec 2015 #1

hmm, according to john ehrlichmann--during the beginning of the "war on drugs", apparently. niyad Dec 2015 #2

And William Clinton also contributed to the drug war hysteria. eom guillaumeb Dec 2015 #4

That was the plan, anyway. malthaussen Dec 2015 #9

now that you mention it, I remember that episode. always thought the hunter character was niyad Dec 2015 #11

As 1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual... malthaussen Dec 2015 #12

interesting bit about calley--synchronicities--was just reading about him as I was doing the niyad Dec 2015 #14

Ah, the Nuremburg defense... malthaussen Dec 2015 #16

I would say I feel sick, but that last statement was so typical of the utter cluelessness and niyad Dec 2015 #18

No way is this related to having 300 million guns in the USA! Human101948 Dec 2015 #3

Silly human. Guns make the US safer. guillaumeb Dec 2015 #5

Absolutely!!! That's why combat zones are noted for their safety! nt flamin lib Dec 2015 #7

Now you tell me nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #17

A very nice signature line. Are you really from Texas? eom guillaumeb Dec 2015 #21

Yes I am born and bred in Texas. There really are reasonable and decent people here who can think flamin lib Dec 2015 #22

Jim Hightower, the late Molly Ivins, Lyndon Johnson, and more. guillaumeb Dec 2015 #23

It's not the number of guns. It's the attitude on guns. DetlefK Dec 2015 #6

Because 4 times the guns should = 500 times as many shootings Taitertots Dec 2015 #8

All part of the same operation... Human101948 Dec 2015 #10

30 per 100....wonder who has the privilege of ownership in Germany. ileus Dec 2015 #15

I blame so of this on good old talk radio samplegirl Dec 2015 #13

I'm shocked only 9 people were killed by cops on Christmas Day. KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #19

I have yet to see one prosecuted for assisted suicide. Downwinder Dec 2015 #20