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According to statistics assembled from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Center for Disease Control and the Federal Government, firearms related homicides are minuscule in comparison to other the other “big killers” in the United States.
Originally posted by schuyler
Here's another chart they don't like:
A bit dated, but as I understand it the trend has continued. Now we don't want to jump to the wrong conlusions here. There may not be a correlation between the two, however, crime is not going up. If guns caused crime, you would expect it to.
Originally posted by links234
reply to post by severdsoul
The average citizen has no use for a firearm. If you hunt, then you're not average and have every reason to own a firearm. Understand the difference?
Originally posted by FellowTraveller
Taking awhile to kill you? So if I walk up to you and stab you with a knife, in the right place, it wouldn't kill you in less than an hour?
And on the topic of National Guards, to quote the source of this argument "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". In this, the PEOPLE are the MILITIA which is known today as the NATIONAL GUARD
Originally posted by links234
I believe that the United States would do well to clarify the second amendment and not include individuals. The state's should be able to maintain their militias in the form of the national guard but average citizens have little use for firearms. In my opinion.