tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post1679417019599734342..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Bad HistoryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-12318760054840165692010-12-03T08:37:38.686+01:002010-12-03T08:37:38.686+01:00TS are you sure about this one?
"Suicide rat...TS are you sure about this one?<br /><br /><i>"Suicide rate using guns (all): 1.28<br />Total suicide rate (all): 11.56"</i>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-83694708586005417012010-11-30T00:32:29.470+01:002010-11-30T00:32:29.470+01:00Jade: “First, he claims gun control hasn't wor...Jade: “First, he claims gun control hasn't worked in countries like Japan, the UK, Germany and several other nations. Of course, the facts don't back him up.”<br /><br />So what about this chart proves that gun control works? You “proved” that said countries have low incidents of homicide, but that has never been in dispute. There is no data to suggest that they would have higher rates with lax gun laws, or a change over time that can be statistically linked to enacting gun control.<br /><br />Furthermore what your chart does show is that homicide in relation to strict gun laws is all over the board. We have homicide rates with a low of 0.04 and a high of 64.64 with the USA fitting in at 8.95- slightly above the average of 7.86. Mind you that average is not counting Russia and Mexico and using data that is 13 years old. The USA homicide rate has been in the mid-5s for sometime now, so it would be interesting to see if the USA is below average for these select countries using today’s data.<br /><br />Another notable from this chart is the following:<br /><br />Suicide rate using guns (USA): 7.23<br />Total suicide rate (USA): 11.54<br /><br />Suicide rate using guns (all): 1.28<br />Total suicide rate (all): 11.56<br /><br />Kind of fits in with what we have been saying all along, doesn’t it? That people indeed use guns to kill themselves, but giving the absence of guns will turn to anyone of thousands of other means to kill themselves with the same success rate (11.54 to 11.56).TSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-54998844646948099902010-11-29T18:30:31.747+01:002010-11-29T18:30:31.747+01:00AM might find this an interesting read:
http://ww...AM might find this an interesting read:<br /><br />http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcnazimyth.html<br /><br />Oh dear, that comes from a pro-gun site.<br /><br />And it amazes me that Matthew White's critique of the gun genocide BS isn't more widely publicised:<br />http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/gunsorxp.htm<br /><br />"Frankly, this list is a pitifully weak argument against gun control, simply because most of the victims listed here did fight back. In fact, if there's a real lesson to be learned from this roster of oppressions, it's that sometimes a heavily armed and determined opposition is just swept up and crushed -- guns or no guns."Laci the Chinese Crestedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371541369012938298noreply@blogger.com