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Originally Posted by MartinSE
All, true, except you, left off a point. As the number of people that own guns have decreased (I think around 40% to around 30% of households since 1970?) the total number of guns has increased significantly. This means fewer people have more guns.
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The number of hunters has decreased. That's why the GUN manufacturers and their mouthpiece, the NRA, realized that MORE PROFITS were to be made by propagandizing Americans to THINK that they NEEDED military rifles to protect themselves. The paintball games got young people used to shooting at humans, the same for video games. The GUN makers got rich and more people died. In 1994, GUN laws were made more lenient to satisfy the GUN makers - the NRA owned Congress.
..........The best hope today is to limit MAGAZINE size and raise the age for GUN purchases. Ideally, the US should look to Australia for solutions. But, until enough people know someone in their own family that has died in a GUN crime, US people will continue on their bloody stubborn ways!