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Originally Posted by Number 10 GI
Doesn't change the fact that if someone needs a gun to commit an act of violence and can't get it legally, they will be able to get from an illegal source.
We have a higher rate of gun deaths vs other industrialized countries, but we also have a higher rate of deaths by other means. Why is that? As I have stated numerous times on these threads about guns, we have a violence problem and it doesn't take a rocket scientist or even the IQ of a stupid chimpanzee to see that. Yet this country won't address that fact or make any attempt to fix the problem.
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There is kind of a logical fallacy somewhere in this post. I agree with the statement that the US has more violence that other G-7 nations. It is a fact that we are the most incarcerated industrialized nation. So, we must be the most violent. And we are likely VERY bad at rehabilitation of criminals. If we subtracted out the incarcerations for non-violent drug possession and drug dealers, we might be more in line with other G-7 nations as to the numbers in prison. Even so, I would still assume that the US is at the top of a list of countries for total violence.
.........as to the reason for all this US violence........there would probably be so many factors that it would fill a book.
..........back to the logical fallacy of the post.........If the US has the status of MOST violent nation..........would NOT it be logical that the US as a most violent nation would WANT to have the MOST GUN control to offset that violence.
...........When you combine US propensity for violence with EXTREME availability of GUNS - you have a RECIPE for a
DISASTER - like the last 2 weeks of MASS MURDERS in schools and hospitals.
...........If a person wanted to lower GUN crime without limiting the availability of the criminals and mass murderers to get their wea[ons of choice, the AR-15 style 223 rifle and the high capacity pistols - then the alternative would be to pay MORE taxes for MORE and BETTER qualified and trained Police personnel. And also do NOT sell body armor to civilians.