Gun ownership decreasing rapidly (interviews, federal, percentage, single)

[no1brownsfan]

Originally Posted by Eggboxes

There are still far too many guns, and even though gun ownership will continue to fall dramatically, every single second somebody has a private gun is a second in which he could use that gun to bring harm to a great number of people.

Or, better yet every single second somebody has a private gun is a second in which that person may not become the victim of some POS lowlife who has no value or regard for the life of others or their own life for that matter.

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by Eggboxes

The only purpose of guns is to kill people.

Therefore, they are more dangerous than things which have actual uses, such as cars,knives, etc.

No it's not....

[Eggboxes]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

Yeah, that worked out real well for the Jews in Germany in the 30's.

Look at the Warsaw Ghetto. Or at the Polish Army. Or at Belgium.

They had lots of guns, and even tanks and bombs, but were still crushed.

[Kracer]

Must be those lone few gun owners buying up all those guns.


"The FBI has released new statistics on NICS background checks showing 2013 gun sales hit a new record. The total number of background checks conducted for gun sales last year add up to 21,093,273, beating the previous 2012 record of 19,592,303 by 1,500,970. Texas conducted the most background checks with 1,633,278. Kentucky came is second with 1,578,331 background checks conducted. "

[BBMW]

It's a constitutional right to carry a deadly weapon in public.

Originally Posted by Eggboxes

It's absolutely classless, and should be a crime, to carry a deadly weapon in public

[Eggboxes]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

No it's not....

Lets take a look at the "uses" of guns:

hunting: you can buy food at a store. As for thinning out herds, the EPA can take care of that

Recreation: if you really must participate in a sport which requires accuracy, you can settle for archery or photography

self defense: Remember Kellerman's statistic. You still haven't disproved it yet.

Rising against tyranny: nope. A gun can't beat a nuke. Plain and simple

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by Eggboxes

Look at the Warsaw Ghetto. Or at the Polish Army. Or at Belgium.

They had lots of guns, and even tanks and bombs, but were still crushed.

And just look at all the gun violence in Switzerland...

Oh...never mind...LOL...

Switzerland issues firearms to adult men and provides training in their use.

[Xander_Crews]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

ROFLMAO!!!

I'd say millions of deer would disagree with you on that. If you can't use a gun to kill a deer, how have so many deer been killed by guns?

6 million deer a year, alone.

More than 100 million animals hunted yearly in North America.

Weird how it outnumbers human death by guns by.... a lot.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by Eggboxes

Look at the Warsaw Ghetto. Or at the Polish Army. Or at Belgium.

They had lots of guns, and even tanks and bombs, but were still crushed.

The actual problem was they didn't have enough guns or training.

Thank you for further illustrating my point.

[spankys bbq]

Originally Posted by Eggboxes

The only purpose of guns is to kill people.

Therefore, they are more dangerous than things which have actual uses, such as cars,knives, etc.

No. Guns are used for getting food and recreational purposes as well.


Data for 2010. Seems suicide is pretty low on the list. And we know not all of them are gun-related. I don't see murder approaching those numbers.

FastStats - Leading Causes of Death

This should be an acceptable link for you as well. List motor vehicle accidents higher than firearms deaths and homicides.


Annual Causes of Death in the United States | Drug War Facts