re: Australia's ban on guns did not lower violent crimes, murders, or suicides

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There is a dangerous and huge black market for criminals to traffic weapons

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Often the same people that say drugs should be legalized because criminalizing them has not only created lucrative black markets--want to ban guns. It's weird.

i dont think thats a surprising stat at all. if someone is mentally ill and wants to hurt others, they will.

im not an advocate of gun bans, but do think tighter control probably should be enforced. to what degree and how that looks leave a lot for debate.

the stat i would be more interested in seeing is
1. the number of fatalities (or injuries) per violent act in countries with bans or strict regs vs those without (not just US, but preferably all first world nations)

2. The number of violent incidences where the gun/guns used were procured via legal means vs illegally owned gun.

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funny the people who are against abortion also voted against a bill to provide more baby formula.

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They voted against a bill that would just throw money at the problem but had no real solution.

I guess the liberal solution is to just kill the children in the womb and then there will less demand for formula. Makes sense in a sick and twisted way.

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texting

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11 teens die from texting while driving per day but I don't like whataboutism arguments especially when statistics and facts are on your side.

I think comparing crime in the US and Australia is apples and oranges. How much thug Lyfe is in Australia really?

It’s like comparing crime in a country town vs an inner city area. Gun ownership is high in both areas

That’s because it’s not a gun problem. It’s a human problem that isn’t fixed by getting rid of guns.


Crazy Charlie and company killed 7 people in their house with knives, and nobody sought to get rid of knives, because they knew it was Crazy Charlie that was the problem, not the knives. That shocked the country like few others had, and yet even they didn’t slaughter children.


It’s just getting worse man because our human condition is getting worse, and we are getting further and further removed from God, and His presence in our lives.


Let me tell you what the end result of every bit of this is going to be. Authoritarian rule, and a police state. That’s coming, and it’s coming because there are consequences to our behavior. And maybe that’s by design by people who have been trying to destroy our family, faith, and institutions for decades now. I think it is, but the end result is that it’s coming.