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Originally Posted by Rochard
That is so cute how you did that.... You twisted stats around. We aren't discussing homicide rates, we are discussing firearm deaths. How many people are stabbed to death or poisoned aren't relevant in a conversation about firearm deaths.
Firearm death rates for the Swiss are 3.84, while the UK is only 0.25.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ted_death_rate |
Umm the point in the study was to determine if gun bans decreased overall homicides. That would include stabbings, poisonings or plain ole beat downs. That is entirely the point that it doesn't matter if it's a gun or a knife if someone wants to kill someone they are going to do it however with whatever tools available. Sure a gun makes it easier to kill someone but it also makes it easy to protect yourself from that someone. If that someone knows that no guns will be around then they feel more secure in their killing spree which is why pretty much all of them have went into gun free zones. In fact the Aurora shooter drove past several theaters and out of his way to go to one that had gun free postings.