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Originally Posted by BritinAfrica The anti gun crowd are forever jumping on the band wagon of children who are killed by guns, what they forget to mention that the majority (in South Africa) are gang members of 17, 18 and 19 years of age fighting over turf, thats fact. Those innocent children whom are killed by guns, in the vast majority of cases are victims of illegal guns owned and used by criminals. Very few, less then .01% of legal firearm are misused by their owners, I would also agree that the .01% is too many.
Statistics show that more children drown in swimming pools in South Africa then are killed or injured by firearms, thats also fact. Should we ban swimming pools?
The subject of privately held firearms has got to be put in prospective.
Research around the world has clearly shown that “More Guns = Less Crime.” |
Yes but the funny thing is that the "Pro-Gun Lobby" trot out the same tired arguments every week as well and both sides carefully manage to report half truths and speculation on a constant basis.
This argument is not about banning guns or even restricting what can and can't be owned it is about what methods can be put in place to allow those who will follow rules to buy firearms while making it as difficult as possible for the bad guys to get and keep them.
So please do not fall into the 5.56 argument that "I am all for stopping bad guys getting guns but I will scream blue murder if you do anything that might prevent them being given away in cornflakes packets".
The fact that you may need a firearm for protection is in itself an indication of much bigger problems in your society that you would be better off fixing.
Incidentally your point about swimming pools, well oddly enough pools are not banned but many nations require them fenced and secured so even they have rules.