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In reply to the discussion: Man who opened fire on Texas church shooter hailed as 'good Samaritan' [View all]historian
(2,475 posts)but do you truly believe in those phony statistics showing that the more guns in circulation is equivalent to less deaths. Let me give you some real examples (and i have lived in these three countries) When a couple of loonies in Scotland and Australia ran out to massacre little children at play in their schools, guns were immediately banned. No if ands or buts. Have a gun and its jail time. The crime rate dropped drastically. Now why do I believe that? As someone who has worked in ICU or hospitals, and according to hospital and not NRA or trump statistics, most gun shot wounds occur in homes in disputes where a gun is readily and one the arguing party grabs it in a moment of rage and uses it. Now if the gun wasn't available what would he do? Chase his partner with a baseball bat? At lease the other party could defend him/her self until the rage had abated.