My emotional reaction is to put a lot of blame on easy-to-buy guns,
but the data I've seen does seem to suggest violent crime is far more to do with poverty.
If America banned guns, I'm sure they would still have a very high homicide rate until they start caring about people on the bottom of society.
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monkeon schmonkeon www.monkeon.co.uk, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 16:26,
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they'd still have a lot of guns, as well
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Moon Girl Technologies don't take my word for anything, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 16:38,
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Aye, but I do often think that
the reason Switzerland isn't so fucked up is that they must be doing something right socially.
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monkeon schmonkeon www.monkeon.co.uk, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 16:57,
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You're right. I have no doubt that poverty is responsible for a high %age of violent crime, as is the ubiquitous firearms.
The two points are not mutually exclusive, however.
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Tab Hunter You used to call me sadness...., Wed 9 Jan 2013, 16:56,
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Yes, but the
gun crime debate seems to come down to "Guns are massively to blame" vs "Guns are not to blame at all".
I can't help but feel it is more "Guns are a bit to blame".
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monkeon schmonkeon www.monkeon.co.uk, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 17:08,
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You don't have to own a gun to kill someone,
BUT IT HELPS!!!
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Moon Girl Technologies don't take my word for anything, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 17:09,
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It helps to kill lots of people in one go, anyway.
I reckon that I'd personally go for poison if I wanted to kill someone.
I always had a crap aim on Operation Wolf and would probably miss with a gun.
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monkeon schmonkeon www.monkeon.co.uk, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 17:21,
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If I just wanted to kill a shed load of people,
I'd buy a big 4x4 second hand, take it to a busy shopping street, and mount the pavement.
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Moon Girl Technologies don't take my word for anything, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 17:24,
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I'd start by buying a shed.
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Dawn Of The Bread $$$$$$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE $$$$$$$$, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 18:00,
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binary thinking & the availability heuristic
that's what's to blame
also, they have a new speedcore jazz album out
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Mighty Nibus who dares gins, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 17:23,
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