No...wrong again......a gun can be used to save lives, stop crime and keep the peace.......try again.
Not worth the time to "try again" with half-brained morons......
But a baseball bat can also "save lives" and"stop crimes"............
I don't know of ANY household that does not have a knife.
I do, however,know of thousands of households that do NOT have a military-style weapon at the ready.
So....there are 8 million rifles with detachable magazines in private hands in the U.S.....total deaths with these rifles, vs. total deaths with knives......
So....my source......Mother Jones....has a record of mass shootings from 1982....
US Mass Shootings, 1982-2016: Data From Mother Jones' Investigation
Total deaths from "Assault" rifles since 1982......157.....over 34 years.....
And I will show you how many were murdered with knives, clubs and bare hands....
From the FBI homicide table 8, weapons used to commit murder...
Expanded Homicide Data Table 8
2014....
Knives..... 1,567 in 2014 vs 157 for Assault rifles in 34 years including Sunday's....
Hands and feet....660 in 2014 vs. 157 for assault rifles in 34 years......
clubs.... 435 in 2014 vs. 157 for assault rifles for the last 34 years....
So in a country of over 320 million people with 8 million of these rifles in private hands.....there are essentially 8 million rifles that are not used to murder anyone.....at all......
And based on that, you want to ban rifles that are used less than hands and feet each year to murder people....you want to ban them from the law abiding people who do not use them for crime, or murder....who use them for self defense, sport, hunting, and collecting....
That is where you rest your case...right..... your irrational fear of an object should be used to make policy for the owners of 8 million of these rifles....
And you think you are rational and intelligent?
