Reply #182

1000 guns sitting in a pile with no one around kills no one.
One person with a 1000 guns only has two hands.
1000 people each with a gun is something to reckon with.

So one person on a block with 200 guns vs a block with 200 people each with a gun is more menacing.

The statistics that America is the most heavily armed is bogus to me. As I stated in Switzerland, most own a gun and are highly trained (military style) in its use. I would consider them more heavily armed.

Now for some other interesting info

2009 FBI murder statistics
Murders total – 13636
Murders with handguns – 6452 (47.32%)
Murders with rifles – 348 (2.55%)
Murders with shotguns – 418 (3.07%)
Murders with unknown firearms – 1928 (14.14%) Unknown??? Are they phasers or something....LOL
Murder with knives or cutting instruments – 1825 (13.38%)
Murders with other weapons – 1864 (13.67%)
Murders with hands, fists, feet etc.. – 801 (5.87%)


52.94% were from known firearms
47.06% were from unknown and not from firearms

Only a idiot would think if guns were removed that the percentages of non firearm murders would not skyrocket.

Killing people will and has always been around and will continue to be until the mental condition is confronted.

With the misplaced focus on guns I don't see that happening very soon.

Murder, greed and more is what ails man.

War, corruption in government (starts at the local level) doesn't help either.