[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, of the 12,664 murders last year, only 323 were killed by rifles.
So before we get our knickers in a twist over assault rifles, maybe we should look at the actual stats concerning gun deaths in this country and what ACTUAL weapons are used.
Now back to your regularly scheduled hysteria.[/quote]
323 lives per year is not insignificant – especially if the only cost involved is loss of thrill for some and some vague notional loss of “freedom” for others.
Consider this, from 2001-2012 probably 3100 lives were lost on the US soil to terrorism – which is 250/year on average. Yet we went to 2 wars, occupied two countries, have drones flying in 6, spent $1T or more, have our civil liberties curtailed with TSA and patriot act…. Why should we dismiss lives of these 323 so lightly?
Ultimately even 1 life is too high a price to pay if the only cost to pay is discrediting of some dogma!
