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dirque just posted a story about someone representing the NRA called him and basically lied about the Obama Administration attempting to pass a law criminalizing gun ownership (which is flat out not going to happen). I didn’t want to post on the subject of gun control on that post, because it wasn’t about gun control, it was about how the NRA used ( Read more... )
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Like you say, I suppose it's just not feasible to tighten gun laws and stop people owning them once they've got used to it - or maybe it'd be possible very gradually over time if trust built in communities, rather like the hope for nuclear arms decommissioning.
Over here there are lots of restrictions on owning a firearm - very few people do, so related deaths are low. In 2009 42 people died of gun-related injuries. Then again, there's more knife crime, possibly. The year before, 277 people died from stabbings in England and Wales alone. I guess people use what weapons they can if they need. :-( Nasty, but still, at least it's harder to stab multiple people in one go before being stopped.
Sounds like you're doing a sensible thing in exposing your kids to firearms in a safe manner in the future. At least then they'll be informed if they come into contact with them, too.
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12 people dead in a rampage in Cumbria today.
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