Fact: the US has 9.2 firearm deaths per 100,000 people a year. The UK has 0.25.Fact: the countries higher than the US include South Africa, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, El Salvador.Fact: The next highest score by a European nation is Switzerland, with 3.5 — or almost a third of ours.And Wikipedia has its own page for US school shootings:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States
Wow, that’s trivial. The NRA kept the assault weapons ban from being renewed, by threatening congress. Without the assault weapons ban, the murder weapon could be purchased. The NRA has much, much innocent blood on its hands, both in the US and Mexico.
^ok, you want reasonable. let’s go with original intent. citizens have the right to keep and bear muskets. NEXT!the 41 laws (that’s inflamatory) are ineffective, get rid of them and replace it with one national law. A list of illegal firearms and bullets.
Militia suggests some kind of an organization where the people know each other and presumeably would not give a crazy person a gun.-——————————Sorry, Radish…..Most often I agree with your posts – but you are on thin ice here..From what source do you ascertain this suggestion?.I find it highly unlikely that among the 13 colonies every “militiaman” knew all the others.
ennui_rudy over 11 years ago
NRA – No Reasonable Answer
Motivemagus over 11 years ago
Fact: the US has 9.2 firearm deaths per 100,000 people a year. The UK has 0.25.Fact: the countries higher than the US include South Africa, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, El Salvador.Fact: The next highest score by a European nation is Switzerland, with 3.5 — or almost a third of ours.And Wikipedia has its own page for US school shootings:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States
Ironhold over 11 years ago
And who do you think used to make up the militias?[]Armed citizens.
ARodney over 11 years ago
Wow, that’s trivial. The NRA kept the assault weapons ban from being renewed, by threatening congress. Without the assault weapons ban, the murder weapon could be purchased. The NRA has much, much innocent blood on its hands, both in the US and Mexico.
dannysixpack over 11 years ago
^ok, you want reasonable. let’s go with original intent. citizens have the right to keep and bear muskets. NEXT!the 41 laws (that’s inflamatory) are ineffective, get rid of them and replace it with one national law. A list of illegal firearms and bullets.
derlehrer over 11 years ago
Militia suggests some kind of an organization where the people know each other and presumeably would not give a crazy person a gun.-——————————Sorry, Radish…..Most often I agree with your posts – but you are on thin ice here..From what source do you ascertain this suggestion?.I find it highly unlikely that among the 13 colonies every “militiaman” knew all the others.