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mornelithe on 09 April 2014
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Kasz216 said:
mornelithe said:

How do you look at th

Well, as I said originally, I don't really care either way.  Enforce the laws we already have, or ban weapons altogether.  But, ignoring laws on the books is obnoxious, and targeting assault weapons when hand guns are the overwhelming cause of gun violence is silly.  I don't presume to have all the answers, but I hate looking at the gun related homicides in the US yearly, and think there's nothing we can do to stop it.

You're also pointing out the peaks in Australia, but overlooking the peaks in the US.  Why is that?  It doesn't help your end of the discussion to point out faulty logic on my part, while using the same faulty logic in yours.  Case in point...32,163 people died by firearms in 2011.  That number hasn't steadily declined...that number has steadily increased since 1999.

2011: 32,163
2010: 31,672
2009: 31,347
2008: 31,593
2007: 31,224
2006: 30,896
2005: 30,694
2004: 29,569
2003: 30,136
2002: 30,242
2001: 29,573
2000: 28,663
1999: 28,874

http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states

So, what does any of this mean?  Are we on the right track?  Or the wrong track?  While that number still climbs yearly, I consider us being on the wrong track.

 

The US has a higher rising population.  Which is why i totally did point out the peaks of the US.  Using an average per 100,000.

Which you ignored as being "Not proffesional looking"

 

Yeah...but can you blame me?  Way too many faux sites out there to trust something that looks like that.