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Old 06-17-2014, 03:52 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.
It is becoming more difficult to purchase knives here too - mainly for teens as they have been the main culprits in violent attacks on one another. Kind of sad that people would do that to one another really

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Originally Posted by pompousjohn View Post
You are in the UK and as such are not due an explanation. If it weren't for private guns the US would still be part of the UK, with territories belonging to France, Spain and who knows who else.
I don't think the problem is private gun ownership, it is all about *who* is allowed to own a gun and how thorough the policiing of it is.

ie A mate has a few hunting rifles.

He had to get a license(whole bunch of bs involved in this), gun has to be locked away in a safe and he is registered with teh police as a gun owner. The police can knock on his door at any time ot *check* that the guns are locked away safely.

Then there are restrictions on the types of guns, and I do not know about you, but I cannot count the number of times i've needed an assault rifle
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