The guns (in the US) are out there , how would you remove them, almost impossible the horse has bolted on this one, even if you were to get 1 state to try and be gun free , given the land mass of the states it would be impossible to implement (poss typo).
should the US get sick of the needless deaths by the nut cases with guns then a long term solution would be needed, but I think I have mentioned in this post (maybe another- the pig one) its not the country folk who are the problem its the townies , with a culture of gangster rap etc...
it might be interesting to have a breakdown of these deaths as an average
what % black, what white % what age range , robberies , drugs related etc
I know when I went to Philadephia (I've bound to have spelt that one wrong) there were areas I would not of been happy to walk in, and even people I know who live on the outskirts of Philie call it killadephia.
This could be a cultural problem , and to this only the people living in these areas can resolve it . end of the day its the will of the will of the people that one hopes will shine through .
To compare deaths by motor accidents to gun killings does not stack up - one is accidential(mostly) the other pre-meditated (nearly always)
some bright spark came up with -if everyone was armed there would not be a problem ... this is incredible stupid to say the least , I could accidently stand on your toes and you are having a bad day so before you have the chance to be rational you pull your gun a bang...,
also what about the percentage of people who are slightly nuttie and start seeing green goblins everywhere ..bang.bang
then theres the drunks (we have 'em too ) shooting off just for the hell of it .
Guns and people are not generally a good mix, but the problem is acedemic (typo-again) its too late guns are out there.
they are a bad thing and anything that can be done to reduce there numbers I am in favour for..
THere are some State side who see nothing wrong with Guns and those tat live in the sticks are probably ok and right with this, however the townies have no excuse, unless its to protect themselves from other gun users - which highlights the point .. here I go again rambling on
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