Quote Originally Posted by Che Roriniho View Post
Not at all. I'm saying that if you want to give a damn about where your country is going, shooting at them is neither going to win any supporters or any wars.
First, calm down. You seem to be getting rather irate discussing an issue that has absolutely no bearing on your life.

Second, as Drone & others have told you, it's not the guns, it's us. Other countries have higher gun ownership rates than us and less gun violence, so your "we have fewer guns so we have less gun crime" linear relationship seems to break down at some point.

Third, banning guns in the US will not do one thing for gun related homicides. There will be fewer accidental shootings and fewer self-defense shootings. There will be fewer gun-related suicides and more people drinking poison or jumping off buildings or slitting their wrists. Home invasions, rape and armed robberies will elevate. Evidence for my statements is born out by crime figures for cities like D.C. and Detroit or states like Massachusetts and Maryland that have tried to ban gun ownership.

Finally, if the main concern is reducing fatalities, why does it matter if they get shot or get in a car wreck. 43,000 Americans died in car accidents last year, so aren't we fighting the wrong fight? Shouldn't we go for the real killer and outlaw automobiles first? They don't even get mentioned in that pesky Constitution.