HaiBai wrote:
m3thod wrote:
nickb64 wrote:
Never gonna happen...
Criminals will always find ways to get weapons...
true but ze stats don't lie in ze countries where guns are banned.
This. From what I remember doing a project for school, the next country with highest gun related deaths in Canada, with about 3000 compared to USA's 50,000.
and the number 1 cause of firearms deaths here are suicides (by a ridiculous margin), followed by homicide (with a large bit of that criminal on criminal, usually gang related) and then accidental deaths, usually done by people who were never taught proper safe handling and how to clear a firearm safely...
add that to the fact firearms deaths have been on a steady decline since 1985, while it seems reporting of anything to do with guns has increased by 10,000,000,000,000%
and you have the knee jerk reactions people go to to try and fix things
like what happened after the massacre in Montreal in 89... never mind that more than half of the women died because of the police waiting outside while he walked around shooting people.
nope let's further restrict what innocent people can do based on the actions of an incredibly small number of people. why? because it's easier and makes it look like you're doing something, and looking busy gets you re-elected
as for the OP: can't blame them for running, i probably would too