It's Canada that really throws me. Guns are legal. Check. People own guns. Check. At the last count there were a greater number of people owning guns per head of capita in Canada than the US. Less crazy gun crime.
I don't know. I can't even have an opinion on this one. I just can't deal with the debate.
Guns are more rigorously controlled here. You have to pass a test to renew your license almost every year and they go in for more than that bullshit three-day checkup thing to clear you in the first place. Plus you can't buy them in the supermarket.
I don't think that Americans are more homicidal than anywhere else. If we had the kind of gun laws the do in the States, I reckon we would have a similar rate of gun death. It's easier to kill someone if you're just plain ol' annoyed if you have a gun, or scared, or surprised.
The statistic that if you have a gun, you are more likely to be shot is interesting, but I think flawed. It implies that the shooting of you stems directly from your owning of gun. But if you're carrying a gun, you're probably living a way of life where you're more likely to get shot anyway, like a cop or gang-member. I like grouping those two together!
Still, it is scientifically proven* that Coulter is a psychotic bitch-queen from hell. I do like her stance on the Gun-Free Zone thing, though. Sure, psychos are going to carry guns into it anyway, so why not let everyone? And, hell, psychos are going to kill people anyway, so why bother having a law against murder?
Ah well, you can't spell "conservative" without "stupid bunch of cocks".
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I don't know. I can't even have an opinion on this one. I just can't deal with the debate.
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I don't think that Americans are more homicidal than anywhere else. If we had the kind of gun laws the do in the States, I reckon we would have a similar rate of gun death. It's easier to kill someone if you're just plain ol' annoyed if you have a gun, or scared, or surprised.
The statistic that if you have a gun, you are more likely to be shot is interesting, but I think flawed. It implies that the shooting of you stems directly from your owning of gun. But if you're carrying a gun, you're probably living a way of life where you're more likely to get shot anyway, like a cop or gang-member. I like grouping those two together!
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Wish I could get away with that in my essays...
Still, it is scientifically proven* that Coulter is a psychotic bitch-queen from hell. I do like her stance on the Gun-Free Zone thing, though. Sure, psychos are going to carry guns into it anyway, so why not let everyone? And, hell, psychos are going to kill people anyway, so why bother having a law against murder?
Ah well, you can't spell "conservative" without "stupid bunch of cocks".
*phrases used in proving points may contain less meaning than they at first appear
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