America thinks gun laws are a joke, and here is why

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sc94597 said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Viper1 said:

DieAppleDie said:
isnt NYC the safest city in the US thanks to strict gun control?

Of all the cities with a population above 250,000, those with the strictest gun laws are actualy those with teh worst gun related crime.

 

Our problem isn't guns, it's gangs and drug laws.   Take another city with little gang or drug issues an the gun related crime rates are incredibly low.

Look up gun laws in Japan. LOL...oh wait...they have no real issues with guns because they are banned with a 1/3 of the US population on an island.

Japan never had guns in the first place, so there are none in circulation. If you honestly think you can compare Japan and the U.S on a one-to-one basis you need to take a few history courses and a statistics course. 

Also, it's an island, so it's a lot easier to control what comes in to the country. If we outlawed guns in the U.S. (where there are already 300 million guns in existence), the law abiding citizens would turn their guns over, the criminals would keep theirs (because they, by definition, do not obey the law), the black market would have a huge boom with guns coming across our southern border, and crime would skyrocket. Guns are the great equalizer, if a criminal breaks into my house with a handgun or knife, and I have a shotgun, I have a much better chance of winning and keeping my family safe.