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In reply to the discussion: Can a country with open borders EVER ban guns? [View all]Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)72. According to the data I linked, the rate of violence is about the same...
actually a little worse in the UK, the difference seems to be in the lethality of assaults. What is the big difference between US and UK citizens that make US citizen more likely to kill each other? Do they have easier access to knives, clubs and fists?
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Yes, indeed it did, and it was horrifying. Do you constantly see spree killings in the headlines
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#7
You see a spree killing every time spree killers want to see a spree killing
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2016
#19
Just pointing out France and Canada both have guns, but think there is registration there
SpookyDem
Jul 2016
#3
You THINK they have registration? In France you have to make an application just to buy
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#4
that's true, but for example, anyone from Canada could go to Alaska or the USA and sneak
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#31
Not 'no one'. But most citizens respect the law for exactly what it is. That's why society
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#74
Not clear on the concept? Wild boars are a dangerous menace in the rural areas of France,
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#8
I agree completely! That certainly falls under the 'agricultural purposes' realm,
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#14
Yes and the agricultural purposes can be performed by an expanded game warden department.
Jim Beard
Jul 2016
#25
True, I just think that if we were to remove millions of guns from circulation in this country...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#42
If we were to remove most guns from circulation, we might have a slight uptick...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#46
Agreed. When an 11 year old can buy a gun in the USA, but can't buy cigarettes or
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#15
That transaction is illegal, far more illegal than buying a pack of cigarettes.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2016
#55
Western Europe has had much lower homicide rates than the U.S. for well over 100 years.
Kang Colby
Jul 2016
#23
I'm all or nothing. Continuing this dance with the NRA and gun humpers WON'T work.
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#32
I think it's the only way to get the message across. If the majority of people express this
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#41
So you ban guns and 50% of the shootings continue. I'd call that a big friggin success.
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#27
How do you know that? Are they impossible for people to steal? Is it impossible to point them at...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#43
So you never remove them from the safe? Never go sport shooting or hunting?
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#67
It's a rare talent... thinking of things that bring constant ridicule.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#64
"phallic inadequacy". I love that. I KNOW my guns don't make my tiny dick bigger.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#36
No wonder she made that weird smile and gave me a Daisy BB Gun for my B-Day!
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#47
As far as I'm aware of, Mexican cartels get's most of its guns from the United States.
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#44
Heh. Maybe via the Mexican military, via the U.S.? Or the millions in circulation...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#48
You have conflicting questions. I have no idea if gun control works in Canada.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#50
I would agree that the war on drugs has been very damaging to many places in the world...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#52
Actually, I see no evidence that the # of guns in circulation causes crime increases...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#56
I don't believe the prohibition comparison is that valid, if it were, then nations that do have...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#59
Nations with a history of low crime rates continue with that low rate, gun controls or no.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#68
According to the data I linked, the rate of violence is about the same...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#72
I imagine the history goes well back to before our revolution, even further for the British.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#93
What are you talking about? The point seems to have gone over your head...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#94
I am saying that England, for whatever reason, has a lower homicide rate because...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#95
Homicide isn't an objective to most crime in the United States either, is your argument...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#96
Name a city in the United States where there is no marijuana, meth, or heroin.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#87
Don't put words in my mouth. You said in states were drugs were illegal, they weren't "everywhere".
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2016
#89