RE: Guns - Some Interesting Statistics 08-06-2013, 08:06 PM
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What it comes down to( which has always been true ) is that when you cram a large amount of not extremely well off people into a small area, bad things will happen.
The US crime rate is lower than other countries because of the large amount of rural communities( AKA the entire midwest ), as opposed to places like the UK, where people living in the countryside permanently is the exception, meaning that the working poor are all in roughly the same area.
As for the guns thing, I don't think anyone argues that restricting rifles will significantly reduce murder rates. If I want to kill someone, I'll be bringing a pistol, not a rifle. The reason to take a look at how we sell rifles( why CAN'T the US have a database of high-powered rifle owners? ) is not to reduce the murder statistic, but to make mass shootings considerably harder, and make it more expensive for organized crime to acquire rifles, too.
The US crime rate is lower than other countries because of the large amount of rural communities( AKA the entire midwest ), as opposed to places like the UK, where people living in the countryside permanently is the exception, meaning that the working poor are all in roughly the same area.
As for the guns thing, I don't think anyone argues that restricting rifles will significantly reduce murder rates. If I want to kill someone, I'll be bringing a pistol, not a rifle. The reason to take a look at how we sell rifles( why CAN'T the US have a database of high-powered rifle owners? ) is not to reduce the murder statistic, but to make mass shootings considerably harder, and make it more expensive for organized crime to acquire rifles, too.
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