Quote Originally Posted by rvg View Post
The statistics you quote do not factor in crime prevention. The number of assaults, burglaries, kidnappings, muggings, robberies that are thwarted because of guns (and violent crime here is at a 40 year low). You want to believe that the state is more competent at protecting you than you yourself are. Keep believing that. I'll stick to my guns.
You also have four times as many people in prison so plainly the deterrent factor isn't working. Again rhetoric meets reality.