RE: Connecticut school shooting 12-15-2012, 02:01 PM
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The masses having guns is no longer a tool of the social contract. If you are going to rebel against a non-third world government, you need your military's say-so.
Self defence is the most compelling argument I've heard for keeping firearms laws as they are, or even lessening them.
The US has around 47% gun ownership, meaning around 47% legallyhave a firearm in their home, car, or other property. Ireland has a legal rate of 5.9 guns to 100 people, and, with a speculated 150k illegal firearms, a total of 9.1 guns to people.The emerald isle also boasts a statistic of having only 21% of 2007 murders being committed with a firearm, as opposed to the 2009 UN estimate of 60% of US murders being committed with a firearm.
With those statistics, can you say that the US wouldn't be better off with Ireland's gun laws?
Self defence is the most compelling argument I've heard for keeping firearms laws as they are, or even lessening them.
The US has around 47% gun ownership, meaning around 47% legallyhave a firearm in their home, car, or other property. Ireland has a legal rate of 5.9 guns to 100 people, and, with a speculated 150k illegal firearms, a total of 9.1 guns to people.The emerald isle also boasts a statistic of having only 21% of 2007 murders being committed with a firearm, as opposed to the 2009 UN estimate of 60% of US murders being committed with a firearm.
With those statistics, can you say that the US wouldn't be better off with Ireland's gun laws?
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