With the onset of another presidential election on the horizon along with all the political speeches, promises, and half-reported truths, time to take another look at how gun control would be beneficial in our country . . . as in it wouldn’t!
Interesting to note that while the noise in government these days is to ban guns because they are supposedly a major cause of death and injury in the United States, actual statistics seem to indicate an entirely different story.
Tobacco Use
529,000
Medical Errors
155,000
Unintentional Injuries
118,00
Alcohol Abuse
107,400
Motor Vehicle Accidents
34,435
Unintentional Poisoning
31,750
Drug Abuse
25,500
Unintentional Falls
24,790
*Non-Firearm Homicides
16,790
Firearm Homicides
11,490
*According to the FBI, the #1 weapon used in violent crimes . . . is a baseball bat.
Given the thinking/reasoning about proposed legislation regarding gun control, shouldn’t baseball bats be considered, too? Also heard that a lot of baseball bats are sold in the UK which has strict gun control. They play that much baseball there? We don’t need a nanny state. No matter what gets banned, people intent on evil will find a way.
The recent terrorist attacks proof the inability of gun control laws to work. France has one of the stricter gun control laws so no one had any immediate defense in the hostage situation. Gun control laws are primarily obeyed by the law-abiding citizen. Terrorists are not known for obeying the law. Yet, given the horrendous situation that evolved in France that day, an news reporter actually delved deep into his vast resources of stupidity and said it ‘proved that France needed stricter gun control’.
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