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Old 08-31-2018, 03:42 PM
 
Location: Gaston, South Carolina
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How many more guns do we need to start being safer? It doesn't seem like we're there yet.
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Old 08-31-2018, 03:45 PM
 
Location: Gaston, South Carolina
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Great, let's have a pointless competition about who has the fewer bodies stacked up from gun violence...
I was trying to understand the point of the post, too. Does it matter where we rank in gun violence? Dead is still dead.
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Old 08-31-2018, 03:50 PM
 
Location: London
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Whatever happened to, "you can't compare tiny European countries with the big US of A"...?
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Old 08-31-2018, 04:00 PM
 
Location: TUS/PDX
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I was trying to understand the point of the post, too. Does it matter where we rank in gun violence? Dead is still dead.
Apparently one kind of dead is better than another type of dead...
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Old 08-31-2018, 06:29 PM
 
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So ... you're fine with the shootings? The ranking was the real problem for you?
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Old 08-31-2018, 06:31 PM
 
Location: Columbia, SC
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The U.S. certainly does its part to keep the numbers up.

https://www.vox.com/2018/8/29/177927...-deaths-global
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Old 08-31-2018, 08:30 PM
 
Location: PSL
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If bans didn't work then we would see gun homicide rates in Europe and Australia match the US. It seems like the less common a weapon is, the less likely it is going to be used for criminal purposes. Hence we don't see violence via grenades and RPG's because...no one can get a hold of them. Whats the most commonly owned gun in America.....handguns. Whats the number one murder weapon of choice...handguns.
The hell you cant. You can manufacture and possess a destructive device.
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Old 08-31-2018, 08:39 PM
 
Location: PSL
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How many more guns do we need to start being safer? It doesn't seem like we're there yet.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=u_aLESDql1U


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wwW4PE...ature=youtu.be
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Old 08-31-2018, 08:54 PM
 
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This has to be some stastical sorcery. Anyone understanding their methodology?
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Old 09-01-2018, 12:21 AM
 
Location: NC
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No, fewer guns equals a safer society. For quite easy proof, look at the lower murder rates in Japan and Australia.
low murder rates in Antarctica as well, why didnt you include it?

fewer guns means only the bad guys will have guns, which is a terrible idea.
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