Thread: Do you seriously think Obama is coming for your guns?
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Old 06-16-2014, 08:54 PM  
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Originally Posted by AmeliaG View Post
According to the FBI http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr...e-data-table-8 approx 2/3 of murders in the US are committed with firearms.

In Australia, they appear to have stopped reporting gov stats once stabbing murders became most popular http://www.aic.gov.au/statistics/homicide/weapon.html

The odds of being murdered, if you are not personally a violent criminal, are infinitesimal in either country.
Makes sense. If someone uses a knife to kill, it's not because they prefer a knife. It's because they couldn't get their hands on a gun.
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