1. No... they aren't? Not if you make it harder for them to get them?
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As for crime rates... you sure you wanna
boast about that buddy? The states are pretty up there especially when it comes to guns.
2. Driving being a privilege or a right has nothing to do with this. The point is getting a murder weapon should not be easier than getting a car, or a pack of cigarettes, or alcohol, or a lottery ticket, or
I never said people don't have the right to defend themselves. I said your country has a gun problem and yet refuses to do away with guns. The most obvious, logical answer to "Well what if someone comes at you with a gun?" would be to make it harder for them to get said guns yet so many people can't see that for some reason. I also never said anything about armed guards or celebrities or politicians but keep replying to crap that isn't there to make yourself feel better I guess.
There's no need to act like you're someone high and mighty who fights off dudes everyday when you're just someone with an internet connection.
I wrote a very lengthy response to this, but I lost it. So here we go again.
Your first link is on total gun crimes, not even per capita. So if you adjust the rates per population, America drops from 1 to 22.
It's basically expected for countries with higher populations to have more crimes.
Your second link states that America is at rank 10 in murders committed with firearms. At least it's per capita this time, but most of those murders are drug related anyway in America.
Your third link is complete irrelevant any because it's based on the survey-takers subject views.
Read this.
And obviously you believe that all guns are bad, no matter who has them or not. No matter how hard you try to ban guns, there's this little thing called the black market that criminals like to use to get things they aren't allowed to have.
And I know you didn't bring up politicians or celebrities. I was asking a question that I wanted you to answer. This is a discussion.
Do you think that politicians and celebrities along with other elitists should be the only ones with guards with guns to protect themselves?
What about you and me and everyone else who has no one else to protect us but ourselves?
I don't know about you, but I would carry a gun to ensure my safety and that of my families.
I even carry a rifle to protect my nation.
It's okay for you to think that the police will always be there to protect you, but they are nearly always not going to be there instantly. People who are on the receiving end of a crime, whether it be an assault, robbery, or sex crime will always have to rely upon themselves.
in cases of rape I'm like 150% sure the problem wasn't that the victim didn't have a gun.. I can't believe people actually say such completely asinine things like this
You don't even need a gun to commit a sexual crime like that. What I'm saying is that if the victim has a firearm to protect themselves, the rape wouldn't have happened. Nice try cherry picking my words though.
lmao "people will commit crimes anyways so why should we try to stop it, also it is my god given right to commit murder if i feel threathened"
I don't even know why I'm bothering to reply to you, but there is a difference between murder and killing someone in self-defense. *eye roll*