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Originally Posted by The Noob
If my parents would have tried that on me, someone would be dead by now. And it would not be me. Such things make People "go Postal", and this is begin validated by the news.
But no wonder, you said your 80. Accient Views. Accient.
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you are the epitome of what is wrong with society today. wait scratch that, your parents are for their lack of backbone when raising a child. the mere fact that you even THOUGHT of death because of punishment is a proof that you did not turn out 'ok'.
now then, back on subject. those that believe guns are the root of all evil are just misguided, heavily but albeit misguided. we can scream numbers day in and day out, but the mere fact that so many firearms are owned in the US and the fact that everyone ISN'T dead is proof enough. humans have been killing eachother since the beginning of time, what weapon they use has little bearing. if they are intent on killing they will kill. a baseball bat is just as deadly as a handgun in the hands of a criminal intent on death. in fact one doesn't need to reload a baseball bat, doesn't need a concealed weapon to hide/carry it nor do they need a criminal record background check to buy one. the comparison can be made to almost ANY inanimate object. hell even a toilet seat could be used to kill!
death rates... so denmark doesn't have as many people killed per year. how many people live in denmark? sure as **** it's less then the US. how about we compare apples to apples please.
death rates... washington DC, new york city. both major cities with the strictest gun control. yet they still have the highest homicide rates. hrmmm.
yes guns are used in crimes, yes they are used to kill. but they are also used to prevent crimes and prevent death. 13 million women in 2004 used a firearm to stop a would be rapist/mugger.
some argue that guns in homes kill families. more media rhetoric and pointless liberal drivel. the truth of the matter when they state X amount of kids died last year from accidental shootings? their definition of kids is from the age of 1-18. some studies lump it from 1-21. hardly kids in my book. did you know that in the past 5 years more kids (ages 1-13) died from drowning in 5 gallon paint buckets then from firearms?