Dos, I do agree that there is no sane reason for anyone to have an assault weapon. Last time I checked Bambi, the deer, didn't carry a 50 cal. submachine gun, so I don't really see any need for the general population to own assault weapons. What I am opposed to is the typical liberal overeaction that no one can have any guns without a massive governmental unit overseeing everything.
I can agree with that. Guns are so firmly entrenched in the US that there's no way they are going to be removed entirely. The same as there isn't really a need to have Canadians or Brits buying 9mm handguns for the house. Equilibriums' are already set for each country and they all find a way to work to degrees.
C'mon Ed. If you want to change the subject, start a new thread. If you want to do that then I'll quite happily point out the errors of your assumptions and back it up with proper stats. Here's a teaser and things to ponder when comparing US, UK, Canada, and SA: - definition of violent crime - reporting rate of violent crime - confidence in Police force Let's try and keep any such discussion at a level a bit higher than Facebook morons. First person that mentions spoons make people fat or pencils misspell words gets booted for life.
A canadian died in cancun this week at the Golden Parinissus so does that mean all canadians should boycott Mexico. People die, people are born and people go to jail for doing stupid things. They circle of life. I for one feel absolutely safe here at home but, even in a safe country idiots are born.
Steve, Looking back over this thread you will find that there are many references to gun control and violent crimes in the US. Therefore, I think the stats are germane to the discussion. Many of the more negative posts seem to come from the UK so I wondered how the two nations compared with violent crimes. The numbers come from an article in the UK. As I stated in the post, I don't know what particular ax the writer may have had to grind, but it was an interesting stat. If you couple that with the Tony Martin case, it does cast the UK's anti-gun laws in a somewhat different light. Yes, I am aware that different nations track and define violent crime in different ways. There may be substantial differences in the way crimes are accounted for and defined which would skew the stats.
