Topic: What's your opinion of gun control? - page 20. (Read 450481 times)

Police and military may not be able to protect you every time, as in most of the nations there is less than 1 policeman for every 1,000 people. Also, you need to remember that strict background checks are in place for civilians who want to own guns and most of the gun violence result from illegal, rather than legal guns.

Sometimes, the best way to make peace is to be ready for war "Abraham Lincoln". Life is sweet and interesting and everyone wants to live. Even the murderer fears death more. weather one is violent or not, the knowledge of counter weapon puts the violent to control to a great extend. I think that analysis should be made on Countries under gun control and conclusion drawn as to take appropriate decision on the subject matter. Laws should be made to insure that where there is such opportunity, appropriate control measures are put in place.

Gun companies lie to you? :O
Are you sure that's not the goverment?

    “One reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime.”

    74% of felons polled agreed.

    “Criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police.”

    57% of felons polled agree

Consider that..

Why ignore this


Why ignore Hitler disarmed his nation, so did Stalin, so did Pol Pot etc. etc.

The thing you are talking about is a world of slaves waking up to the fact that they can own guns. Once the slaves become free, everyone will be respectful of everyone else, because nobody wants a gun battle. Those few who are crazy with gun fever and use their guns, will be dead. But Government slavery will be gone.


When you put a dog down, does it have fear? What about cows in the slaughtering house? Do they have fear? No! Because they don't know what is going on. Wake up, get some fear, stop being slaughtered, and live free. The only way to do it is with guns, because your master is living with guns in government.



First you quote some statistics. Then you call it fake news? No wonder you are having trouble seeing the benefit of Guns.

All the statistics are skewed with regard to what they would be if we had a nation of hip gun carriers. Why? Because we haven't seen this for over 100 years, and the statistics back then weren't clear, and wouldn't fit today if they were.

Statistics mean nothing until the whole nation wears guns on their hips in public for at least 5 years.

The most ignorant people are gun nuts who equate having a gun as having a chance at survival, this is nonsense based on lies gun companies feed you this a GOOD PERSON WITH A GUN SAVES INNOCENT PEOPLE. You live in some make believe world where everyone is carrying a gun on their hip to protect their lives. The real danger with many guns end up as a cost on small children, family members, and other members of their community thru rage and carelessness rather than danger caused by a thug.

Again it all goes back to fear, you think you live in a world where this granny is constantly looking around for someone to attack her so shes ready to point her gun at anyone who looks threatening to her and she will help all the innocent people who are attacked. How the hell is a granny going to differentiate in a gun fight who is right and who is wrong? OMG someone is coming near me, let me shoot and wound him first.

And how often does this Granny shoot an attacker scenario happen?

In 2012 Violence Policy Center released a fresh analysis of federal crime and health data that explores how often potential victims actually turned the tables. Parsing 2012 numbers, the center counted 259 justifiable gun-related homicides, or incidents in which authorities ruled that killings occurred in self-defense.

That's in a nation in which there are some 300 million firearms. In 2012, there were 1.2 million violent crimes, defined as murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Or, put another way, 1.2
million scenarios in which there was potential for someone to kill in self-defense.

BUT who cares about some #FAKENEWS stats from liberal research center. Just keep buying guns, look over your shoulders at every turn, pack more guns the older you get, they are out to GET YOU!!!

Your general statistics are really nice. But they don't include the reality of why guns are used. They also don't include the fact that if people ALL were armed, the crooks would be far less inclined to use guns. Why? Because if crooks are so stupid, and such cowards that they can't get an honest job to make a living, they will be afraid of a bunch of armed citizens, and will be less inclined to use their guns.

Rules and laws don't take guns away. Free will obedience does. Crooks don't have free will obedience, or they wouldn't be crooks in the first place.

So, what is Granny supposed to do? Sneeze at her antagonist and hope that will stop him? Holler "help! help!" and wait for the police to arrive? Use a squirt gun?

Years ago there were a whole lot of cowboy shows on TV. Often there were gunfights where gunfighters faced each other on the street. Whoever was the fastest draw and the best shot was the winner. There are still scenes and shows of gunfights being portrayed in different cities in America for show.

Now imagine in one of those shows that the good, law-abiding guy didn't have a gun because of gun control. He is out there on the street in a gun-drawing stance, but doesn't have a gun. The bad guy has a gun, because he is a bad guy.

You are kinda ignorant, aren't you. Granny may not have a chance under any circumstances. But she has far less of a chance if she has no gun. If she only wounds her assailant before she dies, it's much easier for any witness to pick the guy out from the line-up. Granny has a far better chance with a gun, and with a gun she is helping all the innocent people who are attacked, by example, even if she dies.

Someone with a gun doesn't have a better chance of survival. Granny with a gun probably has almost no chance just the same as when she has no gun if she is met with someone who wants to do her harm in a surprise ambush.

Do you want a good example of this? Look no further than American Sniper Chris Kyle. He and a friend are trained military vets with guns on their belts and had far more training than any of us can get. Both men were shot dead in a place where they both knew the killer would have access to a gun and has some PTSD issues. Neither even had a chance to draw their weapon with knowledge that it could be a dangerous situation.

There are more firearm death because the population of California is higher than most red states, but in terms of Firearm deaths per 100,000 people it is 43rd. The top 10 are.... yes... all RED STATES with loose gun laws.

Many of the illegal guns used in strict gun law areas were imported by criminals who got them legally in states without strict rules such as Indiana and Tennessee. What does that prove? That proves gun control actually WORKS. Criminals have to go else where for guns, had neighboring states had gun control there what would happen...?!

24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on gun violence by state based on the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tracks the number of gun-related deaths in each state.

43. California

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 7.9 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 3184 (suicides: 1595, homicides: 1467)
    Violent crime rate: 445.3 per 100,000 (15th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes (in incorporated areas and concealed anywhere)
    Poverty rate: 14.3% (20th highest)


33. Oregon

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 11.8 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 513 (suicides: 414, homicides: 78)
    Violent crime rate: 264.6 per 100,000 (14th lowest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 13.3% (24th highest)


10. South Carolina

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 17.7 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 891 (suicides: 525, homicides: 335)
    Violent crime rate: 501.8 per 100,000 (10th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 15.3% (14th highest)

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9. Arkansas

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 17.7 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 541 (suicides: 331, homicides: 182)
    Violent crime rate: 550.9 per 100,000 (6th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 17.2% (6th highest)

8. New Mexico

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 18.2 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 383 (suicides: 243, homicides: 113)
    Violent crime rate: 702.5 per 100,000 (2nd highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 19.8% (3rd highest)

7. Missouri

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 18.8 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 1144 (suicides: 650, homicides: 464)
    Violent crime rate: 519.4 per 100,000 (8th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: No
    Poverty rate: 14.0% (22nd highest)

6. Montana

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 19.0 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 194 (suicides: 162, homicides: N/A)
    Violent crime rate: 368.3 per 100,000 (25th lowest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes (A permit to carry concealed is not needed outside limits of cities or towns.)
    Poverty rate: 13.3% (24th highest)

5. Oklahoma

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 19.6 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 766 (suicides: 517, homicides: 238)
    Violent crime rate: 449.8 per 100,000 (14th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 16.3% (9th highest)

4. Mississippi

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 19.8 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 587 (suicides: 268, homicides: 282)
    Violent crime rate: 280.5 per 100,000 (15th lowest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: No (A permit to carry can be obtained, but it is not required to carry a handgun either openly or concealed.)
    Poverty rate: 20.8% (the highest)

3. Louisiana

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 21.2 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 987 (suicides: 440, homicides: 526)
    Violent crime rate: 566.1 per 100,000 (5th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 20.2% (2nd highest)

2. Alabama

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 21.4 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 1046 (suicides: 550, homicides: 454)
    Violent crime rate: 532.3 per 100,000 (7th highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: Yes
    Poverty rate: 17.1% (7th highest)

1. Alaska

    Firearm deaths per 100,000 people: 23.0 per 100,000
    Total firearm deaths 2016: 177 (suicides: 113, homicides: 45)
    Violent crime rate: 804.2 per 100,000 (the highest)
    Permit required to carry handgun: No
    Poverty rate: 9.9% (6th lowest)

I think weapons should be banned.do you want to shoot go to the shooting gallery.Weapons should be in the hands of the police and the army.

Absolutely correct! But the only way to get rid of fear, is to get rid of all the bad things that happen. Unfortunately, because people harm their fellow people using fists, knives, clubs, and medical lies way more than they do with guns, fear will never go away.

A 250 pound rogue cop can easily mug and murder a 90 pound granny. But if Granny has a gun, she has a chance.

Gun control is one issue. the other main issue is to get rid of the fear culture that exist in white America. I dont think people buy a gun first and then fear for their safety afterwards, its usually this fear first that cause someone to buy guns.

The idea that someone can break in and kill and rape your family at any time, the idea that colored people are a menace and you need a weapon to protect yourselves against them.

Once we get rid of the fear culture then many will warm to gun control.

The problem with your thinking is that gun control simply doesn't pop into existence. Rules don't make it happen, because there are always people who break the rules. Force doesn't make it happen, because the gun is a very strong force, and the only way somebody can enforce gun control is by using guns to do it. If you think that government or the police or the military only use their guns to help people, just ask the people of Iran, Iraq, or Syria. Some might agree, but there are many that wouldn't. Consider the below:

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There should be a strict regulations for people having guns and/or people wanting to have guns. it is very important that there should be gun control in every cities and countries. might as well, there should be strict implementatiin of rules pertaining to gun possition.

gun control is very important. there should be specific guidelines for people wanting have a position if guns. in today’s world, there have been a couple of incidents involving guns. there should be strict limitation of individuals to have guns.

I really think gun control is very important. especially in today’s society. there should be enough rules and regulations for gun holders. not all applicants should be given license to have guns.

Every country should have a gun control law.
It is really important that young people doesn't habe access to those weapons  without a supervisor. They have to go to shooting center to understand the impact of this weapon.
We learn to our children that fire is dangerous, but fire can be also beautiful .... so why it is difficult to learn to them that if you use a weapon you should to it with discernment

Background checks are already in place, but the problem is that due to the bureaucratic hassle, sometimes mistakes are being made. Even then, I would like to point out one important thing. The vast majority of the shootings within the United States has occurred in Democrat states such as California and Oregon, where strict gun laws are in place.

My opinion is that it is the only logical solution to the violence that we see occurring in the United States. I’m personally not opposed to owning weapons; it is a right guaranteed to every citizen by the constitution. However, background checks that are effective must be written into law to keep unstable people from owning firearms.

That is the point of America. Why should government people be the authorities? Rather, let everybody have guns so that everybody can be the authority.