Posted: Oct 08, 2017 5:43 pm
aban57 wrote:willhud9 wrote:Rumraket wrote:willhud9 wrote:And so again, I raise my point of contention. The US and many other western countries have a comparable assault rate. The US is different because many people can successfully carry out their assault to lethal means. I agree that is a problem. But the bigger problem is the assaults themselves. They need to be addressed, a cure needs to be found for them. You lower assault rates and you lower gun homicide. It’s a simple correlation.
Sure, assaults need to be addressed... too.
But that is not an excuse for doing nothing about guns. You can do something about both, and one doesn't have to be at the expense of the other.
I’m not saying do nothing about guns, and as I’ve said I’m all for gun control.
My thing is you can have guns, even semi-autos in a society where the assault rates are low.
Do you have an example of any society where assault rate is low ? What makes you think it's even possible to reach that level in our current societies, unless putting some anti-testosterone in the water ?
Violent crime in the US is 4-5 times lower than in the UK. Robberies increased in Australia by over 40% after their firearms act was passed. The statistics show that while gun laws have little to no effect on murder rates, more law abiding citizens with guns leads to less violent crime.