(12-16-2012, 12:51 AM)Nomad25055 Wrote: If you remove guns from the equation, yes, you get more injuries than deaths in cases like this. But it is my belief that this will be offset by more crimes and more deaths elsewhere.
I think you will have less crimes and deaths elsewhere. Murder rates in New York keep dropping for example. It is not impossible to get a gun, just more difficult.
(12-16-2012, 12:51 AM)Nomad25055 Wrote: Don't stop at background checks, enforce educational courses for gun owners and purchasers that must be retaken every couple of years.
I think the redneck faction of NRA supporters will not be happy about this. Education??? terrible.
(12-16-2012, 05:55 AM)FireIceTalon Wrote: Guns may not be the problem, but removing them from the equation would be a solution.
Yea, good luck with that. Won't ever happen. Ever.
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Well it works pretty fine in many countries.