Volkegoth wrote:Infected Mushroom wrote:In light of... general widespread ownership of guns in the hands of civilians...
So you want the government... to be the only people... to own guns... okay then...
Am I the only one who remembers the 100 or so people who died by guns in Paris in 2015?
Is that why Sweden is the "rape capital of the west?"
This is one of the smartest political commentators I've ever listened to. I think he can describe it pretty well.
The USA's crime rate, especially with guns, is overall much higher though. Paris was an isolated incident. For instance, take a look at this from wikipedia:
"Compared to 22 other high-income nations, the U.S. gun-related murder rate is 25 times higher.[13] Although it has half the population of the other 22 nations combined, the U.S. had 82 percent of all gun deaths, 90 percent of all women killed by guns, 91 percent of children under 14 and 92 percent of young people between ages 15 and 24 killed by guns.[13]"