After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Written by: spiralx
Lots of unsubstiantiated assertions there! And besides, you're 33 times more likely to be murdered in Washington than London, or 8 times more likely in New York.
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Written by: Zauberdachs
That's like a whole town getting wiped out every year.
But what exactly does "gun deaths" mean? does it mean deliberate shootings or accidental deaths?
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Written by: Lurch
Sorry but I don't accept "well those crimes don't count, they were done by criminals.." which is essentially what you're saying :P
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According to the numbers its down to about 3. something NY vs London... regardless, our numbers are dropping, you'rs are climbing.
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As the article said if you read it, geographical and cultural elements play more of a role than weapon availablity, as through most of the 200 year study there were no weapon laws in either of the cities.
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As for the US vs Canada thing, yes Canada's may include suicide.. But many US states do not have a difference between assault and battery laws. Which means simply yelling at someone, or threatening them in any ways is considered assault, and thus a violent crime, regardless of whether or not any physical contact occured. Like I said before, they're just numbers, and statistics can and will be skewed whichever way people want to read them.
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It does *not* however change the fact that the US's crime rate is dropping, and the UK's is raising.
I don't believe that the *weapons* are the problem, society and the media is the problem. Fight the cause of the crime not the tools.
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Written by: Lurch
It does *not* however change the fact that the US's crime rate is dropping, and the UK's is raising.
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Written by: Lurch
I think you guys are misunderstanding the use of handguns over here for self defence.
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According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
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Written by: Lurch
Personally I'd rather get in a gunfight than a knife fight
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
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Written by: Lurch
Personally I'd rather get in a gunfight than a knife fight
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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Written by: FireTom
I'd rather get in NO fight in the first place. Problem with carrying a weapon in the first place is that none of the opponents are trying to solve the issue with words only. IMO conflicts escalate, when weapons are having a part in it...
Lurch, you know what sensation it is to "carry" (a lethal weapon)... how would you describe it?
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Written by: Sethis
Well, I guess I'm just confident that I could defend myself more or less effectively against a single attacker armed with a knife rather than a single attacker with a gun.
There are ways of more or less instantly disabling people that are non-lethal. That's what I see as preferable to shooting people.
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But you can make the Bastard work for it."
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Written by: Sethis
Winners don't appear much in any fight, to be honest...
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