Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts) Sat Jan 26, 2013, 04:31 PM Jan 2013

Please vote: Just an inference on my part... [View all]

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...here; many pro-control folks seem convinced that the primary reason for the violent crime rate being higher in the US than much of Western Europe is the greater freedom to own a gun in the US.

If there was strong evidence from an unimpeachable source that firearm availability did not much influence the violent crime rate, would you still advocate for more restrictive gun laws?

Please share your thoughts if you care to.

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Please vote: Just an inference on my part... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 OP

You substituted "violent crime rate" for "murder rate." Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #1

available to whom? gejohnston Jan 2013 #2

Thanks discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #3

because the correlation between gun availability and crimes committed with guns is bloody obvious. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #8

If there is... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #9

If there is a public health issue with 30,000 dead every year, yes it does. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #10

You've been well prepared... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #12

Pass on unscientific poll here, flawed as well jimmy the one Jan 2013 #4

oh my, such weaving of words of substance to say nothing. SQUEE Jan 2013 #5

My reason for asking was a bit more involved but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #7

I think I am due beer and travel money after reading this guy's posts. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #11

Please see... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #13

One word: Straw. There's a great future in it. nt Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #20

It was hypothetical discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #6

Sigh. The violent crime rate here is not higher. The homicide rate is (much) higher. DanTex Jan 2013 #14

Could be... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #15

Umm... 10,000 gun homicides, and 300 hundred self-defense homicides. DanTex Jan 2013 #16

You implied that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #17

I like the part where he says 300 hundred. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #18

you know how they think... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #19