Aussie has the answer for US gun control

Love that.

 

That's right.

They started declining in the 80's. Your "gun ban" had nothing to do with it.

 

Suicide is suicide. Australia's suicide shows clear substitution for other methods, and hit levels that exceeded pre-ban levels for guns.

The countries with the highest suicide rates in the world don't have access to guns.

13,000 homicides. That's all homicides, including police shootings and other justified shootings.

The vast number of homicides, as is true pretty much everywhere, are criminals killing criminals.

 

A scorpion pleaded with a frog to carry him across the river. After some convincing and promises the scorpion wouldnt sting him, the frog relented.

Half way across the river the scorpion stung the frog. As the scorpion began to drown and the frog began to die, the frog yelled "why did you sting me". The scorpion replied..."because its in my nature"...

And so it is the nature of USA to be infatuated with guns. I know it's futile arguing. But that level of infatuation deserves those comedy clips. And it also deserves many a silent prayer for the slaughtered including children...as irrelevant as you pro gunners make it out to be.

 

I patiently await your numbers.

 

Dear do I need to repost that immigration post you so helpfully provided earlier or can I already mark you down as sufficiently admonished?

 

Look at the chart I responded to.

 

2017, the US saw 15,129 murders, for a rate of 5.4/100k
10,982 (72.6%) of these murders involved a firearm, for a rate of 3.9/100k
Thus, our non-gun murder rate for 2017 was 1.5/100k
For comparison, our knife-related murder rate was 0.6/100k
Australia's murder rate in 2017 was 1.7/100k

Conclusion: our gun control laws aren't the problem; your gun control laws aren't the solution.

39,733 gun related deaths in 2017.
23,854 (60%) of these people chose to die.

Loss of the ability to reason.

 

Your kidding?
Your trying to say those 2 populations are roughly equal?
Oh, go away.

 

For the simple fact that there has never been a point in time in the history of the nation of Australia, where such was not the case. The firearm-related deaths for the nation of Australia have always been lower than those of the united states, even long before the changes implemented in the wake of the Port Arthur incident.

 

No offence to my Aussie friends, but early on they were all criminals.

 

"Dear" ? One word says a lot.

 

1) fear not the white knight has arrived to defend the lady's honor!! Rescue the maiden that she might look upon you with favor

2) it was a typo. I forgot the O, as in O dear

 

I've seen the video a few times too.

Eight minutes of pure HILARITY

Especially the part where he pretended to open the safe … LMAO

Guy does a GREAT job making U.S. gun nuts look like a bunch of clueless, paranoid cowards...

 

Dunno. Tell us.
Please provide citations

 

Statistics
a finite or infinite collection of items under consideration.

 

How grand. Another foreigner with an opinion on my rights in America. But hey, he's happy to come here to make lots of US dollars.

 

"My rights"...me,me,me...no mention or longing thoughts for dead kiddies.
By the way, as a pro gun person what is your concern for mass murders? Do any of you have a plan? Written letters to your politicians...if so what do you say? Do you have a remedy? Apart from the ridiculous idea of more guns.
? Or is your death tally within the boundary of reason? Is it all about you?

 

They are very short since we came up with a number for them.
So all you need write is -3- It translates to thoughts and prayers.

 

Yeah

But look at how we have risen above our roots

 

No it does not show any substitution because overall suicide also fell


Male suicide, who are far more likely to use physical means, fell while female suicide remained virtually static

 

You guys seem way to happy.
Can we maybe put some tariffs on your stuff or sanction the koalas?
Did the heatwave break?

 

And would that not suggest that the USA could emulate those countries where the firearm morbidity is lower?

 

@)s(&’#(!!! Monsoon has kicked in like you would NOT believe!

Townsville is just about to float out to sea!

 

Not particularly. Any hypothetical reduction that may be achievable, at least on paper, would make no meaningful impact in the overall number of homicides committed in the united states in a given year. It would certainly not be enough to change the fact the united states has more homicides than all other supposed first world, developed nations that are held up for comparison purposes. It will always remain at the top, superseded only by nations such as Mexico and the like.