Isn't it time that someone in government with a sense of responsibility rather than fear of the NRA spearheads action against the unregulated and documented guns regarding sales of guns to citizens with no real way of tracing the guns or ammunition used in them. Despite the squawking of the NRA that there is nothing wrong with out system, the world wide statistics suggest otherwise. Throughout the world, the only countries with more deaths due to guns are Guatemala, Swaziland, Brazil, Estonia, Panama and Mexico. he more civilized societies don't appear until much later on the list. To see for yourself, click here.,
The Guardian in the UK writes what American sources fail to cover adequately. The article describes it as 'America's deadly to devotion to guns;. Fir that article, click here.
Additionally, they add to the story with this: "NRA fired up to campaign against Obama as annual meeting kicks off." Being prepared to kill people (in self defense, of course, as Zimmerman claims to have done to the boy he chased down when ordered by the police to leave him alone; the unarmed boy fighting for his life and screaming for help,) Read this one here.
Should the theater goers in Aurora been carrying handguns to protect themselves? The NRA must be stopped from running the country. They are self-serving and as dangerous to the safety of citizens as Grover Norquist is/was to the economy.
The Guardian in the UK writes what American sources fail to cover adequately. The article describes it as 'America's deadly to devotion to guns;. Fir that article, click here.
Should the theater goers in Aurora been carrying handguns to protect themselves? The NRA must be stopped from running the country. They are self-serving and as dangerous to the safety of citizens as Grover Norquist is/was to the economy.
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The list of gun deaths by country does not show that gun laws reduce violence. Both Brazil and Russia have the strictest possible gun laws (only the police and the military are permitted to have guns), and yet these countries have higher rates of gun violence than the United States. On the other extreme, Switzerland has a much higher rate of gun ownership than the U.S.; in lieu of a standing army, every Swiss household is expected to have a gun. In this nation of near universal gun ownership, the rate of gun violence is 60% of that in the states.
The most severely punished crimes are mostly the ones committed with guns. The problem with gun laws is that those willing to commit such serious crimes are very likely to be deterred by the lesser penalties for violating the gun regulations.
This chart, however, makes a convincing case that gun violence is driven by the war on drugs. Look at how many of the top countries for gun deaths are involved in the U.S. drug trade: Columbia, Jamaica, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, and of course the United States. The situation is similar to alcohol prohibition, which generated a then unprecedented level of gang violence. The crime rate plummeted when prohibition was repealed. Unfortunately, neither of the two major party presidential candidates have the courage to end our destructive war on drugs. If we want to end this, the people will have to lead.
Sorry, I meant to write " The problem with gun laws is that those willing to commit such serious crimes are not very likely to be deterred by the lesser penalties for violating the gun regulations."
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