just an impression-------more guns---more gun ACCIDENTS----also---guns are a
very convenient means for suicide-----CONVENIENT-------but there are MANY
other ways
Yeah...not so much.....we have close to 600 million guns in private hands and now over 16.3 million people with permits to carry their guns.......and here are the accidental death rates from 2016...just released...
Gravity kills more people accidentally than guns do...
Fatal Injury Data | WISQARS | Injury Center | CDC
2016
Gun.....495
Car.......38,748
poisoning......58,335
falling.......34,673
suffocation...6,610
drowning......3,786
The funny thing is...when I use those same statistics to show that you are much more likely to get hit by lightening then killed by terrorists I get totally slammed.
And it's important to note that you are not very likely to become a victim of gun violence. But like terrorism - that doesn't mean you should ignore it - or worse, actively prevent research into it. Or try to inact some measures to reduce it. Any time something is recommended - they start screetching they're coming to take our guns or they are going to ban guns.
Yes....we know how anti gunners work......we have a historical record of gun banning and confiscation from around the world and in this country....Germany, Britain, Australia, Canada, New York, California........they first registered guns and then banned and confiscated them.....
And none of the measures you push will do anything to stop crime or mass shootings.......but you keep pushing them...
Who are "you anti-gunners"?
I'm trying to discuss this RATIONALLY - not emotionally or fearfully as you are now doing.
I do not advocate the banning of all guns. How many times do I need to say that? Not even most guns.
I advocate common sense measures to reduce some of the gun related mortality.
- fund research into it
- register guns when bought
- background checks
- some sort of basic test of proficiency and safety (like Norway has)
- mandatory waiting periods (reduce impulsive violence or suicide)
- bans on high capacity magazines, bump stocks and assault-type rifles
- some sort of red flag when people buy large amounts of armaments and ammunition so people like the San Bernadino shooters can't amass huge armories and go out on a killing spree.
Like I said - common sense, and it leaves thousands of kinds of guns people can legally buy.