In what way?, the shooter was already prohibited under Connecticut law from possessing handguns as he was under the age of 21 and under mental health care (autistic)
But…we do blame drugs for the drug problem. By your logic they should be freely availble too?
Do you have any understaning of the chemistry of drugs? I think that you should inform yourself on the basics on the effects of drugs on the human brain before comparing them to guns.
They should be. Making drugs illegal obviously hasn’t kept them away, and it has stirred up violence in Mexico.
And I don’t think that blaming guns deals with the underlying issues (I would say drugs and welfare). In Switzerland half the population owns guns, and they have one of the lowest homicide rates in the world. Something else is at play.
I agree that it is the guns andsomething else that needs to be identified. Historically homicide rates have always been high in the US - even higher before drugs and welfare…so there must be other factors at play.
But why blame the guns? Guns are merely a means to an end. Violence happens with or without them. I’m more interested in ultimate causes.
Because gun-related murders in the US number over 11,000. And gun-related death in the US (the proportion adjusted for population) is higher than anywhere else in the western world.
It what way? The kid was already prohibited from possessing handguns, both due to his age (he was under 21) and the fact that he was being treated for mental health issues.
But total violent crime is a lot lower, especially than UK. London’s total violent crime rate is almost 7 time higher than New York? How do you explain that?
The US is middle of the road when it comes to intentional homicide rates, and Switzerland, with even more guns (and they are fully automatic) than the US has one of the lowest rates. Clearly guns are not the difference.
In addition, the areas of the United States with the hightest gun ownership rates have much lower crime rates than those with low gun ownership and restrictive gun laws.
Not any more. We all know that US homicide rate is 5 times higher than the UK (gun deaths 40 times higher) but rape is now higher in the US 28.6 vs 27.7 per 100,000 as is vehicle theft. Robbery rates are almost the same. Assault is higher but everything in England is counted as an assault however mnor unlike the US.
Only if you compare the US to third world countries. Amoung western countries it has by far the highest homicide rate.
After all, there were no wars and no killing before guns and gunpower was invented- murder was invented AFTERWARDS, so of course banning guns is reasonable, the ammendments of the constituatioin mean **** today anyway…
Explain Switzerland.
Why not compare a city to London, after all gun laws are different all across this country. Chicago really skews things upward for the US.
Explain the high US homicide rate - that was what I was talking about. Why do Americans use their guns to kill each other when no other western country seems to?
It’s not gun ownership. Switzerland has fully automatic weapons and half of the citizenry armed, with one of the lowest homicide rates in the world. Guns are not the ultimate cause.
I still think Switzerland is different since they don’t have a stamding army and the arms are state issued for limited time with heavy registration and conditions and for a spefic purpose. The Swiss don’t talk about the right to bear arms. Note though they have a high suicide rate by gun (like the US)