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Originally Posted by iwantchixx
If everyone carried a gun and it was assumed that everyone did, there would be a LOT less violence like this, that's for sure. If it weren't for the fact that I'd shoot the first idiot who threw gang signs at me, id carry one too.
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Don't the stats speak for themselves on this already? Americans have the right and ability to arm themselves daily. America has one of the highest murder and violent crime rates of any first world nation. Compare that to countries where guns are restricted to military, police forces, hunters, and other security-oriented professions. I don't think this is an experiment that is still waiting for the results to come in.
According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States
Crime rates per 100,000 people in the US in 2010:
Violent crime rate 403.6
Homicide rate 4.8
Property crime rate 2,941
According to
http://www.unodc.org/documents/south...stice_2010.pdf
The homicide rate per 100,000 in the last reporting period was approximately (page 13-19):
United States: 7
Canada: 2
U.K: 2
Serbia: 4
Estonia:7
"Available data from 61 countries indicate that the percentage of homicides committed by firearm varies from 10 percent in countries in East and Southeast Europe to around 75 percent in Central America and the Caribbean."