The world is awash in guns. Has always been, will always be.
"Awash" in guns? "The world?" I hardly call 10 or fewer guns per 100 individuals "awash." Have you looked at the populations of China and India compared to that of the U.S? Have you considered the land area of the U.S. compared to the combined area that of most of Asia, including Russia, China, India, most of Africa, and most of South America? No, the world is not awash in guns; the U.S. is.
Moreover, the rate of gun ownership has gradually declined in the modern era, falling from ~47% in the early 1970s to 31% in 2014. The decline has been attributed to there being fewer hunters (presumably because hunting is either a less popular recreation or it is less necessary) in the 21st century than there were in the early-late 20th century.
What a cute map that means absolutely nothing. Here is your so called paradise of Somalia.. Look at that nice pale blue color as opposed to the dark, dark, evil, black color of the USA. That entire map of Africa is a ridiculous lie as anyone who has even cared to look at a news report knows. So, why do you post up a map that is blatantly false?
Somalia: Warlords, Pirates and the Politics of Morass
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Funny how folks who wail endlessly about the "liberal MSM" turn to it for external validation of/about places they've never been and things they'll never question or leave home to go learn about first hand.
I have been to far more places, and lived in more third world poopholes, than you ever will sunshine. I speak from experience. You on the other hand must live your life vicariously through those who have done as I have. That's OK, most people don't get to travel as extensively as I have, most people don't get to enjoy the scent of dung pervading everywhere you walk. Heck, I would love to have not experienced some of those ripe old smells!
But the facts are the facts, the world is awash in guns. Your cute little graphs and maps are ridiculously false. When I was working in Africa the very first thing I would do after touching down was go pick up an AK or a G3 (I prefer the G3) and they cost about 50 bucks back then. And when I was leaving I would give them to whomever was my most reliable employee.
That IS the reality of the Third World.
Uh, they are not my graphs/maps you pompous pathetic little ass. The world is awash in guns, the world is awash in guns, the world is awash in guns, repeat mindlessly. And I have a few of them, so? Wtf are you going on about, hell, you don’t even know. I have no doubt at all that everywhere you walk you smell dung, rightly so, with your sanctimonious oh-I've-done-so-much-more-than-these -mortals bullshit. You don't have any fucking clue where anyone's been on here, and we have no reason to believe your narrow minded ass has been anywhere - that usually affords one some semblance of enlightenment, and you exhibit none. Forget information, we have your wonderful little anecdotes to go on.
This is the CDZ junior, mind your manners. Pompous is your assertion that most people never leave home. That is pompous, junior. And it is also factually incorrect. The majority of the people who talk about guns on this forum are far better traveled than you. It is quite plain to see that you truly have no real world experience. That is OBVIOUS. But, like I said, that doesn't invalidate your opinion, it is just obvious that yours is an uninformed opinion.
Your information is a lie. Gun ownership is not dropping in the US. That is a propaganda piece that has been widely discounted, as has every other anti gun piece of "information" you present us. Which means, dear sir, that your "information" isn't.
Do you understand that fact? Anecdotes, that are based on facts, trump "information" that is false every time.
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