This board is filled with threads from conservatives about guns. They claim that having more guns makes people more safe. That "gun free zones" or places with proper regulation of guns are more dangerous and have more people hurt by guns.
Here's a list of the 10 states with the most gun violence. While the conservatives lie the facts speak for themselves.
Notice all but one state is a red state. New Mexico is a purple state. I don't know what the gun laws are in New Mexico but we all know that red states have loosened their laws on guns which has put more guns in the hands of people who shouldn't have them.
10 States With the Most Gun Violence - 24/7 Wall St.
It's NOT guns, it's the people that use guns for the wrong reasons. If guns weren't available, those same people would use knives, baseball bats, home-made bombs, bows and arrows, dart guns, lead pipes, poisons, rope, acid, and anything else they could find that would do the same job.
A loaded gun can lay on a table for years and not harm a single person. Guns are safe until human hands pick them up. I have guns in my home and they harm no one. I know many people that own guns, and those guns harm no one. The problem is PEOPLE, not guns. Besides, laws, rules, and regulations, can not keep guns out of the hands of those that really want them. Guns are sold from the trunks of cars, on the street, at gun shows, pawn shops, through private sales, traded for cash or other items, and are readily available for anyone that really wants one. I bought a Mauser rifle off the internet from an individual. All I did was sign a sales receipt.
So, say what you want about guns, but just keep in mind where the real problem lies. Also, how many guns have been given away by our own government that eventually end up in the hands of drug dealers and gangs?
