Aeolus451 said:
mornelithe said:
You do see the double standard here, right? Guns do account for thousands of deaths per year in the US, so aren't the proponents of trying to figure out how to solve that, attempting to defend the well-being of those thousands who will undoubtedly die, this year, and the next, and the next?
I'm not saying you're wrong and they're right, or vice versa, just saying people are genuinely concerned.
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Yes, I see what you're saying but it's not a double standard. Frankly, it depends on the circumstances of those gun deaths. Some see any gun death as bad but that's not the case in reality. It's not that black and white. If someone kills a person trying to break into their home, it's a justified and it's the right thing to do. 
Alot of the statistics people are using in the thread are gun related only and the majority of it is does not make the distinction between criminal gun deaths and justified gun deaths. Also, people aren't posting any statistics about murder by other means or other kinds of violent crime. It's revelent to this.
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That's not as black and white as you make it out to be, either.
"Any force used against an intruder must usually be proportionate to the harm that is reasonably perceived."
http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/may-i-shoot-an-intruder.html
But, I understand what you're saying.
