As for owning guns doesn't hurt anyone, well, I disagree. The easy availability of guns in society hurts quite a lot of people, actually, 10,000 people a year are killed and how many injured because of this?
ONLY if used for an improper purpose. No improper use, no harm. Agree?
Human beings with guns are far more effective killers than humans without guns. The evidence there is clear
That's the point. Human beings with bigger bodies and muscles are more effective killers than people who are smaller with smaller muscles (like women). Guns are the great equalizer.
Leftists should love guns. They make everybody equal.
No, I don't agree.
Imagine you have a gun because of easy availability of guns. Yet some kid also gets a gun easily and then shoots up a school killing 17 people.
The easy availability for YOU cost other people their lives.
Now, take Switzerland as an example.
Guns in Switzerland — Firearms, gun law and gun control
24.45 guns per 100 people, compared to about 100 for the US.
About 28.6% households have guns, compared to 31% for the US. The US just has quite a few people who stockpile guns.
Not much difference right?
The difference is that in Switzerland the total number of gun deaths is 3.01 per 100,000, and in the US it's 11.96.
Why the difference? Why a 4 times higher rate in the US than Switzerland?
Gun laws in Switzerland - Wikipedia
"In order to purchase most weapons, the purchaser must obtain a weapon acquisition permit "
So, every gun bought must require a permit. The US more or less has something similar.
"Swiss citizens and foreigners with a C permit over the age of 18 who are not psychiatrically disqualified nor identified as posing security problems, and who have a clean criminal record can request such a permit. "
So, basically you don't have a right to such a permit. The govt can say "you pose a security risk, you're not getting one". Criminals are barred from guns in the US, those who have serious mental problems are also barred, after due process.
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The following information must be provided to the cantonal weapon bureau together with the weapon application form:
- valid official identification or passport copy
- residence address
- criminal record copy not older than 3 months"
So, you want a gun, you have to go to the police and get a criminal record copy and hand it in with your gun application.
"For each transfer of a weapon or an essential weapon component without weapons acquisition permit (art. 10 WG/LArm), a written contract must be concluded. Each Party shall keep them at least ten years. The contract must include the following information (art. 11 WG/LArm):"
"In order to purchase ammunition the buyer must follow the same legal rules that apply to buying guns. The buyer can only buy ammunition for guns that he/she legally owns and must provide the following information to the seller (art. 15, 16 WG/LArm; art. 24 WV/OArm)"
This is where it gets a little harder. You need permission to buy ammo too.
"To carry a firearm in public or outdoors (and for a militia member to carry a firearm other than his issued weapons while off-duty), a person must have a gun carrying permit "
So, third permit. One to buy a gun, one to buy ammo, one to carry the gun.
- "passing an examination proving both weapon handling skills and knowledge regarding lawful use of the weapon"
In order to get the latter permit you need to pass a test showing you can use the gun.
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Guns may be transported in public as long as an appropriate justification is present. This means to transport a gun in public, the following requirements apply (art. 28 WG/LArm):
- The ammunition must be separated from the gun, no ammunition in a magazine
- The transport needs to be as direct as possible and needs a valid purpose:"
If you need to transport the gun you have to do it in a certain way.
In Switzerland there is not an easy availability of guns. The process is not an easy one. People take care of their guns because if they lose their gun, they're going to have problems and the like.
Yes, a human with a bigger body can kill better than a smaller person. However a gun increases the danger far more disproportionately than a larger body.
The reality is that 3/4 of all murders in the US are with guns. The US murder rate is 4 times higher or more than most other First World countries.
Coincidence? The US non-gun murder rate is similar to the UK murder rate....