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AndyS

(14,559 posts) Sat Mar 27, 2021, 10:39 AM Mar 2021

Question for gun rights supporters; If a gun is good for self protection [View all]

and the US has 325M people and 395M guns, why are more people shot in the US than in any other developed country?

Serious answers only please . . . I'm waiting.

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Question for gun rights supporters; If a gun is good for self protection [View all] AndyS Mar 2021 OP

Follow up questions; AndyS Mar 2021 #1

Because taking cars away from only sober people won't put a dent in drunk driving? EX500rider Mar 2021 #5

Ah, more misdirection. AndyS Mar 2021 #6

Is the thread about gun violence or mass shootings? EX500rider Mar 2021 #27

Criminals are not the problem. I hate that argument. elias7 Mar 2021 #10

Is the goal to cut down on the number of dead people by firearms? EX500rider Mar 2021 #26

Fine. Let them use the clubs, knives, hands and feet. mac56 Mar 2021 #28

Do you think any criminals or gang members or crazy people will turn in theirs? EX500rider Mar 2021 #31

As we know, previously law-abiding citizens who legally purchesed a gun never commit mass murder sanatanadharma Mar 2021 #13

It will make them expensive and harder to get though. Also, there is no reason to carry guns around Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #56

Crimes of passion are only about 12% of homicides. EX500rider Mar 2021 #58

Just when I was going to say off the top that nothing exempts guns from the same correlation, ancianita Apr 2021 #59

Thank you for the reasoned response. AndyS Apr 2021 #60

The large cities have a serious gang problem. EX500rider Mar 2021 #2

Source? Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #3

By design, there are few reliable sources for such statements. sop Mar 2021 #17

Looking for reliable information on gun violence? Ferryboat Mar 2021 #23

I am curious as to what source they can cite Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #34

They list the original source Ferryboat Mar 2021 #37

Uh, not by any stats I've seen. Wanna show yours? AndyS Mar 2021 #4

Sure, and you have any stats that say otherwise? EX500rider Mar 2021 #29

You are correct I'm sure. kacekwl Mar 2021 #7

Where the last two mass shooters in gangs? tenderfoot Mar 2021 #30

The is a thread about gun violence, not mass shootings I believe. EX500rider Mar 2021 #32

How about gun incidents/deaths that involve domestic violence tenderfoot Mar 2021 #52

"How about gun incidents/deaths that involve domestic violence" EX500rider Mar 2021 #57

How many gangs, turf wars, and drug cartels are in Alaska? Leith Mar 2021 #35

Remove suicides' and try again. I was talking about homicides by gun. EX500rider Mar 2021 #43

Ah! Well, if they are only suicides Leith Mar 2021 #54

They are a entirely different category then homicides and not at all relevant to gang violence which EX500rider Mar 2021 #55

I don't think you're really looking for a discussion. SYFROYH Mar 2021 #8

I can respect that honest answer. AndyS Mar 2021 #9

Wow, a deadhead with a gun! How bizarre. elias7 Mar 2021 #11

Not so bizarre, I think. SYFROYH Mar 2021 #39

One legitimate and thought worthy response thus far. KPN Mar 2021 #14

I don't let anyone I'd care to shoot live in my head. hunter Mar 2021 #15

guns are not for self protection, guns are for when your self protection fails. Thomas Hurt Mar 2021 #12

Just lift the ban on suing gun manufacturers. gulliver Mar 2021 #16

Women in the Military Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2021 #18

Actually they don't have guns on base, the military keeps them locked up. nt EX500rider Mar 2021 #47

Interesting..... Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2021 #48

Should the military be able to carry at all times? Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2021 #49

I think they should...but nobody asked me. nt EX500rider Mar 2021 #51