terislb - Care to explain Switzerland and their gun laws to me, then? They require each household to own an automatic weapon, yet have less murders than your country.
I understand your arguments about it being easier with a gun, but the fact is that we can look at US gun laws by state, and their respective crime rates, and see absolutely NO correlation between the presence of guns and crime. All I have to do is point to crime rates in Detroit, NYC, Washington DC, and other areas that have comprehensive bans of firearms, and their crime rates vs. areas that have very liberal gun laws, and less crime. Why is that?
Firearms are a balancing act. There are negatives to an armed society, but there are positives. I've given you hard statistical analysis from research papers that point to the fact that guns do not cause more crime in the US, but I fail to see your repudiation of them. Europe is safer because it's a different society than ours, not because of the presence guns. I challenge you to come to America and understand the gun culture we have. They are not as crazy as you may think them to be.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
