In the US you may live and never be touched by a rape (at least a rape by someone you do not know). In SA it is impossible. Life is very cheap there.
Im sure there is a difference, but Id like to see a source, saying it is impossible to not be touched by a rape. also, (this is coming from me, i dont have a source) ive never heard of a rape conducted at gun point (though that doesnt mean it doesnt occur of course), and the victims are obviously (at least in the vast majority of cases) women, who are less likely to own a firearm, let alone have one on them, since they often take place on the street or somewhere away from their home, where the gun would most likely be, so its not really applicable.
Why is it that many of the same kinds of people who believe that America should invade other countries to prevent them from having weapons capable of killing many people from a distance believe that they should be allowed to own weapons capable of killing many people from a distance?
I cant speak for everyone, but Id say that most of them are talking about WMD’s, artillery, ICBM, or other extreme long-range weapons, not a handgun or rifle.
A gun changes everything.
This is because a gun is so easy to get. if you were going to commit an armed crime, would you use a gun or a knife? a gun obviously, because its more effective than a knife, a gun is a better weapon than a knife ( :wink: mike, lol), and its so easy to get a hold of, why not use it? so make guns harder to get, i have no problem with that, but not impossible. and if a criminal cant get a gun, but a homeowner has one, whos going to back down, the gun owner, or the knife owner?
They don’t nearly as often stab themselves to death as shoot themselves to death.
Granted, but in the case of suicides, this is usually because if they dont act quickly, they will lose their nerve, and to them, its easier to pull a trigger than jab a knife into themselves (if i were going to kill myself, i would think the same way).
In the case of accidental death, this is because of careless gun owners, either storing a weapon loaded, or allowing their children to gain access to the gun and the ammo, without properly teaching them the safety necessary.
But really - is America as dangerous as South Africa?
- you are in canada.
- yes, in some areas, more dangerous in some
- for example, in Operation: Desert Storm, when the Iraqis launched Scuds at the Saudi Arabian City of Riyadh, even if you were in the city proper, you were statistically more likely to be attacked crossing any street in NYC (New York City) than be affected by the large missiles approaching your position. Just something to think about
“Firearms are used three to five times more often to stop crimes than to prevent them” -FBI Uniform Crime Reports, Crime in the United States, annual reports
