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Originally Posted by EuroDuke
There are 300,000,000 people here, third most in the world, so of course we're going to have more homicidal maniacs running around.
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People forget how largely populated America is and its unique history. Are there problems? Yes. Though I think the death toll in Russian and German regimes of the recent past far outweigh any violence we see in America, not to mention the gun violence in some of those no-gun nations. Should we harp on that fact too? No, because it's senseless.
I don't understand the contradictory view of those who will shout out just how corrupt and tyrranical our government is and how it's taking away our rights (recall the Patriot Act threads), yet at the same time will advocate that citizens relinquish owning guns. If one truly believes a government is constantly overstepping its bounds against individual liberties, will taking away any realistic means of fighting back help or make things even worse.