Ot would we all be safer if everyone were armed?

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[quote=Rustico]
I think his post had some good points, but how is shooting a rioter the same as fighting the government with civilian legal guns?
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I think “the government” would be a more formidable foe. They have predator drones after all.

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[quote=Djshakes]

In regards to you not having time to go for your gun when a criminal attacks you, fine. However, the bystander can go for his. You think he is going to help if he doesn’t have a gun?

As a criminal would you rather have a gun or take a chance using a knife because you know the home owner doesn’t own a gun? All your points are stupid assumptions. A criminal wants to get in and out as fast as he can in the most effective way.[/quote]

Here is a gun control success story.

http://www.davekopel.com/2a/lawrev/japanese_gun_control.htm

Tokyo is the safest major city in the world. Only 59,000 licensed gun owners live in Tokyo.[25] Per one million inhabitants, Tokyo has 40 reported muggings a year; New York has 11,000.[26] The handgun murder rate is at least 200 times higher in America than Japan.[27] The official homicide rate in Japan in 1988 was 1.2 homicide cases per 100,000 population, while in America it was 8.4 homocide cases per 100,000.[28]

Robbery is almost as rare as murder. Indeed, armed robbery and murder are both so rare that they usually make the national news, regardless of where they occur.[29] Japan’s robbery rate is 1.4 per 100,000 inhabitants. The reported American rate is 220.9.[30] People walk anywhere in Japan at night, and carry large sums of cash.[31]

Germany has fairly strict in US terms, but relatively common gun law by European standards. Its population is more than 1/4 of US population.

Murders with firearms are 3% of US number.
Prisoner population is 3.5% of that in US.
Rapes – 9% of US #.
Robberies – 14%.
Car theft – 7%.

But it does have higher software privacy rate.

Now you show me a modern western democracy with stricter gun laws and higher crime rate than the U.S.

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[quote=Djshakes]

In regards to you not having time to go for your gun when a criminal attacks you, fine. However, the bystander can go for his. You think he is going to help if he doesn’t have a gun?

As a criminal would you rather have a gun or take a chance using a knife because you know the home owner doesn’t own a gun? All your points are stupid assumptions. A criminal wants to get in and out as fast as he can in the most effective way.[/quote]

Here is a gun control success story.

http://www.davekopel.com/2a/lawrev/japanese_gun_control.htm

Tokyo is the safest major city in the world. Only 59,000 licensed gun owners live in Tokyo.[25] Per one million inhabitants, Tokyo has 40 reported muggings a year; New York has 11,000.[26] The handgun murder rate is at least 200 times higher in America than Japan.[27] The official homicide rate in Japan in 1988 was 1.2 homicide cases per 100,000 population, while in America it was 8.4 homocide cases per 100,000.[28]

Robbery is almost as rare as murder. Indeed, armed robbery and murder are both so rare that they usually make the national news, regardless of where they occur.[29] Japan’s robbery rate is 1.4 per 100,000 inhabitants. The reported American rate is 220.9.[30] People walk anywhere in Japan at night, and carry large sums of cash.[31]

Germany has fairly strict in US terms, but relatively common gun law by European standards. Its population is more than 1/4 of US population.

Murders with firearms are 3% of US number.
Prisoner population is 3.5% of that in US.
Rapes – 9% of US #.
Robberies – 14%.
Car theft – 7%.

But it does have higher software privacy rate.

Now you show me a modern western democracy with stricter gun laws and higher crime rate than the U.S.

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[quote=Djshakes]

In regards to you not having time to go for your gun when a criminal attacks you, fine. However, the bystander can go for his. You think he is going to help if he doesn’t have a gun?

As a criminal would you rather have a gun or take a chance using a knife because you know the home owner doesn’t own a gun? All your points are stupid assumptions. A criminal wants to get in and out as fast as he can in the most effective way.[/quote]

Here is a gun control success story.

http://www.davekopel.com/2a/lawrev/japanese_gun_control.htm

Tokyo is the safest major city in the world. Only 59,000 licensed gun owners live in Tokyo.[25] Per one million inhabitants, Tokyo has 40 reported muggings a year; New York has 11,000.[26] The handgun murder rate is at least 200 times higher in America than Japan.[27] The official homicide rate in Japan in 1988 was 1.2 homicide cases per 100,000 population, while in America it was 8.4 homocide cases per 100,000.[28]

Robbery is almost as rare as murder. Indeed, armed robbery and murder are both so rare that they usually make the national news, regardless of where they occur.[29] Japan’s robbery rate is 1.4 per 100,000 inhabitants. The reported American rate is 220.9.[30] People walk anywhere in Japan at night, and carry large sums of cash.[31]

Germany has fairly strict in US terms, but relatively common gun law by European standards. Its population is more than 1/4 of US population.

Murders with firearms are 3% of US number.
Prisoner population is 3.5% of that in US.
Rapes – 9% of US #.
Robberies – 14%.
Car theft – 7%.

But it does have higher software privacy rate.

Now you show me a modern western democracy with stricter gun laws and higher crime rate than the U.S.

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[quote=Djshakes]

In regards to you not having time to go for your gun when a criminal attacks you, fine. However, the bystander can go for his. You think he is going to help if he doesn’t have a gun?

As a criminal would you rather have a gun or take a chance using a knife because you know the home owner doesn’t own a gun? All your points are stupid assumptions. A criminal wants to get in and out as fast as he can in the most effective way.[/quote]

Here is a gun control success story.

http://www.davekopel.com/2a/lawrev/japanese_gun_control.htm

Tokyo is the safest major city in the world. Only 59,000 licensed gun owners live in Tokyo.[25] Per one million inhabitants, Tokyo has 40 reported muggings a year; New York has 11,000.[26] The handgun murder rate is at least 200 times higher in America than Japan.[27] The official homicide rate in Japan in 1988 was 1.2 homicide cases per 100,000 population, while in America it was 8.4 homocide cases per 100,000.[28]

Robbery is almost as rare as murder. Indeed, armed robbery and murder are both so rare that they usually make the national news, regardless of where they occur.[29] Japan’s robbery rate is 1.4 per 100,000 inhabitants. The reported American rate is 220.9.[30] People walk anywhere in Japan at night, and carry large sums of cash.[31]

Germany has fairly strict in US terms, but relatively common gun law by European standards. Its population is more than 1/4 of US population.

Murders with firearms are 3% of US number.
Prisoner population is 3.5% of that in US.
Rapes – 9% of US #.
Robberies – 14%.
Car theft – 7%.

But it does have higher software privacy rate.

Now you show me a modern western democracy with stricter gun laws and higher crime rate than the U.S.

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[quote=Djshakes]

In regards to you not having time to go for your gun when a criminal attacks you, fine. However, the bystander can go for his. You think he is going to help if he doesn’t have a gun?

As a criminal would you rather have a gun or take a chance using a knife because you know the home owner doesn’t own a gun? All your points are stupid assumptions. A criminal wants to get in and out as fast as he can in the most effective way.[/quote]

Here is a gun control success story.

http://www.davekopel.com/2a/lawrev/japanese_gun_control.htm

Tokyo is the safest major city in the world. Only 59,000 licensed gun owners live in Tokyo.[25] Per one million inhabitants, Tokyo has 40 reported muggings a year; New York has 11,000.[26] The handgun murder rate is at least 200 times higher in America than Japan.[27] The official homicide rate in Japan in 1988 was 1.2 homicide cases per 100,000 population, while in America it was 8.4 homocide cases per 100,000.[28]

Robbery is almost as rare as murder. Indeed, armed robbery and murder are both so rare that they usually make the national news, regardless of where they occur.[29] Japan’s robbery rate is 1.4 per 100,000 inhabitants. The reported American rate is 220.9.[30] People walk anywhere in Japan at night, and carry large sums of cash.[31]

Germany has fairly strict in US terms, but relatively common gun law by European standards. Its population is more than 1/4 of US population.

Murders with firearms are 3% of US number.
Prisoner population is 3.5% of that in US.
Rapes – 9% of US #.
Robberies – 14%.
Car theft – 7%.

But it does have higher software privacy rate.

Now you show me a modern western democracy with stricter gun laws and higher crime rate than the U.S.

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That probably has little to do with gun control and more to do with wealth disparity, or lack thereof.

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That probably has little to do with gun control and more to do with wealth disparity, or lack thereof.

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That probably has little to do with gun control and more to do with wealth disparity, or lack thereof.

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That probably has little to do with gun control and more to do with wealth disparity, or lack thereof.

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That probably has little to do with gun control and more to do with wealth disparity, or lack thereof.

[Djshakes]

I’m not sure what “western Democracy” has to do with it but Brazil and Russia are prime examples of stricter laws and higher crime rates.

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I’m not sure what “western Democracy” has to do with it but Brazil and Russia are prime examples of stricter laws and higher crime rates.

[Djshakes]

I’m not sure what “western Democracy” has to do with it but Brazil and Russia are prime examples of stricter laws and higher crime rates.

[Djshakes]

I’m not sure what “western Democracy” has to do with it but Brazil and Russia are prime examples of stricter laws and higher crime rates.

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