In the US, gun ownership has multiplied several times in the last few decades and gun crime is actually dropped by 50%.

Do you have a PowerPoint open or something

Weird, I wonder why Switzerland sticks out like that?

Maybe the country regulates gun ownership?

'The law allows citizens or legal residents over the age of 18, who have obtained a permit from the government and who have no criminal record or history of mental illness, to buy up to three weapons from an authorized dealer, with the exception of automatic firearms and selective fire weapons, which are banned. Semiautomatics, which have caused havoc in the U.S., can be legally purchased.'

No. I’ve studied this stuff for a long, long time.

and mass shootings are sky rocketing. Fun with stats 2018. Shoot out some more.

Like a lot of your statistics, this one depends on an absence of details in order to work.

While the number of guns has gone up, in that time where gun violence dropped by 50%, the number of people who own guns nationwide actually dropped by 20%. It’s almost like fewer people with guns equaled fewer violent acts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country

They don't stick out. There are less guns per person in Switzerland than in neighbouring Germany. But they have more deaths:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate

Rogue, mentally ill, psychopaths are following each other’s lead in these shootings. They are inspired by evil and are internally motivated to kill. They are also such a minute percentage of the population that stripping the rights of the peaceful masses in order to (ineffectivly) attempt to stop these killers is nothing more than political posturing. And instead of disarming the people that commit the crimes, they effect of these laws would only make the potential victims easier targets.

Gotta run, got afternoon plans.

Jesus Christ

Honestly can't tell if PHATJ is being satirical here.

Right. Hunting rifles and shotguns should be the only guns one can buy.

The worst is when some complete lunatic gets to buy an assault rifle.

The states with with strict laws, like NY and California, have the least amount of gun deaths.
The states with the least strict laws, like Louisiana, and the rest of the south, along with Montana, have the most deaths.



http://politicsthatwork.com/graphs/gun-deaths-by-state

Imagine that, the states with the most guns, have the most gun deaths. How are you even debating this?
Japan, in 2015 I believe? had under 10 crimes committed where a gun was fired. Guess who doesn't have a lot of guns, Japan. Every country that has enacted strict gun laws has not only saw gun related crime decrease, but suicide decreased. Every other country that has enacted strict gun laws, is laughing at the stupidity that is the NRA, and anyone that is blinding following them.

I just heard some meathead on the radio say it was his god-given right to defend himself and his god-given right to have a gun and nobody’s going to take something away from him that god says it’s his right to have.

Now, I’ve read the Bible and, while it was a number of years ago, I don’t really recall a passage that says either of those things. Indeed, Jesus said turn the other cheek. And I’m pretty sure there’s no mention of firearms in the tome.

Really the only downside of gun control will be the decrease in suicides.

People got to use their imagination.

Yeah it was an interesting day.

People pushing anti-gun laws often fail to mention the actual perpetrators, or ideas of how to dissuade young disaffected men from committing these atrocities. This is the generation that pushes mental and emotional disorders as serious issues while simultaneously ignoring them. This is the generation of zero responsibility. I've never in my life seen such a self-absorbed and seriously ill-informed group of youth, and I'm not much older then them.

The smallest holes often sink the biggest ships. With social media, small groups are able to speak the loudest. It blows my mind.