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Interesting debate and i just thought i'd throw some stats out there. [!Gun death stats]http://i64.tinypic.com/kbvat0.png) Source: [ Global Burden of Disease Study](http://www.healthdata.org/gbd) And here's one from the Atlantic in 2013 comparing US cities with the deadliest on the planet ![US vs ROTW](http://i.imgur.com/VxBJV9x.jpg) My own take is that Americans ought to be free to keep guns if they so choose. Their country, their rules. Edit: Keep getting an error when trying to edit the image link from Chain-BB... trying on Steemit direct.
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Interesting stats. I don't disagree with gun ownership. As I have said I used to own rifles. But what confounds me is the overwhelming *need* Americans feel to have guns, as if it is the *only* way to keep themselves safe. And when you look at the stats you put up, one must ask the question, why do all the other countries have such low rates of gun violence compared to the US? What is different about these countries? Look at Greece for instance. Gun ownership is *through the roof* there. But gun violence is a fraction of the US. And Greeks are not renowned as being calm, laid back people. in countries where there are tight gun laws like the UK, there is very little gun violence (lot of knife crime though), and they do not appear to be on the verge of being marched off to the slaughter house by their government. How can they do this, with mass immigration from Europe and a long history of terrorist attacks? What are they doing different? Because it seems to be working.
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I hear you. As someone who has been in the military in a combat vocation, i can't understand the need either.
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