Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: New Yorker magazine has an interesting article about history of 2nd amendment, NRA and gun control [View all]RegieRocker
(4,226 posts)1000 guns sitting in a pile with no one around kills no one.
One person with a 1000 guns only has two hands.
1000 people each with a gun is something to reckon with.
So one person on a block with 200 guns vs a block with 200 people each with a gun is more menacing.
The statistics that America is the most heavily armed is bogus to me. As I stated in Switzerland, most own a gun and are highly trained (military style) in its use. I would consider them more heavily armed.
Now for some other interesting info
2009 FBI murder statistics
Murders total 13636
Murders with handguns 6452 (47.32%)
Murders with rifles 348 (2.55%)
Murders with shotguns 418 (3.07%)
Murders with unknown firearms 1928 (14.14%) Unknown??? Are they phasers or something....LOL
Murder with knives or cutting instruments 1825 (13.38%)
Murders with other weapons 1864 (13.67%)
Murders with hands, fists, feet etc.. 801 (5.87%)
52.94% were from known firearms
47.06% were from unknown and not from firearms
Only a idiot would think if guns were removed that the percentages of non firearm murders would not skyrocket.
Killing people will and has always been around and will continue to be until the mental condition is confronted.
With the misplaced focus on guns I don't see that happening very soon.
Murder, greed and more is what ails man.
War, corruption in government (starts at the local level) doesn't help either.