I have, however, also tried to engage in a meaningful discussion about gun laws. And suddenly, everyone who was talking about Switzerland has disappeared. The only responses have been, “I’m a badass and you’re a pussy.” So I responded in kind. Not my best post, I agree. In fact, to put it in my own words, it was retarded. I’d prefer to discuss the matter reasonably. Any takers?[/quote]
Sorry, I wasn’t around to quickly post a response. My point was that just because you have a particular set of gun laws on the books does not mean that gun related death statistics correspond directly with those laws. Swiss people have a high ratio of guns to population, higher than here and yet they have lower gun related deaths. Mexico has much stricter gun related laws and yet the number of gun related deaths in Mexico is much higher than here
Your point seems to be that guns to gun related deaths is proportional and the major contributing factor. If that was true then explain Mexico and explain Switzerland. Do a study and actually prove that guns to gun related deaths is actually proportional and then maybe you have a point.
Of course let’s say we do get to a point where you do make that point, how do you propose to deal with all the guns and ammo we already have in america. Are you planning of confiscating it? Because if you aren’t, than even having those laws on the books does nothing to dramatically change the guns to people ratio in this country.
As for the bad ass and all that nonsense, that’s the kind of argument people make when they let emotions get in the way of logical discussion. In my eyes you owning a gun does no harm to me. It’s only when you decide to commit another crime against me like murder or robbery that it might matter. Of course in that case there’s plenty of other instruments of force that you can use against me besides a gun. All in all it might not matter.
At this point all I’m seeing in the argument is that gun control might make a difference but I’m not really sure. Even though I’m not sure it’s worth it to infringe on a constitutional right. I’m willing to accept gun control laws if you can get enough support to create a constitutional amendment, but everybody knows that isn’t happening.
