Advice on buying some Pistols

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Baron, Jul 19, 2011.

  1. #261     Feb 20, 2012
  2. volente_00

    volente_00

    No holster required
     
    #262     Feb 20, 2012
  3. Eight,

    I'd be happy to believe your argument if it was actually true. The facts suggest otherwise.

    "The level of gun ownership world-wide is directly related to murder and suicide rates and specifically to the level of death by gunfire."

    International Correlation between gun ownership and rates of homicide and suicide.' Professor Martin Killias, May 1993.



    Gun Deaths - International Comparisons
    Gun deaths per 100,000 population (for the year indicated):

    Homicide Suicide Other (inc Accident)

    USA (2001) 3.98 5.92 0.36
    Italy (1997) 0.81 1.1 0.07
    Switzerland (1998) 0.50 5.8 0.10
    Canada (2002) 0.4 2.0 0.04
    Finland (2003) 0.35 4.45 0.10
    Australia (2001) 0.24 1.34 0.10
    France (2001) 0.21 3.4 0.49
    England/Wales (2002) 0.15 0.2 0.03
    Scotland (2002) 0.06 0.2 0.02
    Japan (2002) 0.02 0.04 0
    Data taken from Cukier and Sidel (2006) The Global Gun Epidemic. Praeger Security International. Westport.
     
    #263     Feb 20, 2012
  4. Switzerland has more automatic weapons per capita than any other civilized country including the US, yet their murder by gun number is much lower.
    Why do you think is that ?
     
    #264     Feb 21, 2012
  5. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    So countries with very strict guns laws or even complete gun bans still have gun related homicides?

    What about the poor dumb bastards being murdered with guns the murderers are not supposed to have? Aren't they still just as dead as they would be here in the states? Would not at least some of them survive if their government would let them arm and defend themselves?
     
    #265     Feb 21, 2012
  6. It is just so hard to make comparisons. For example, how many of those low rated countries have the drug gangs and cartels we deal with in the USA. How many of those deaths were due to law enforcement? Bottom line still is that the bad guys will not turn in their guns. And I also know that when/if civil unrest hits, my pacifist friends will be asking if I have a spare shotgun, after they see a few neighbors robbed and murdered.
     
    #266     Feb 21, 2012
  7. ammo

    ammo

    a quick open hand to the adams apple will stop anyone for 3 or 4 minutes as they are trying to get their breath back,teach that to your daughters,wives
     
    #267     Feb 21, 2012
  8. Finger jab to the eyes. Extremely fast and near impossible to defend against at close range. Then you can play with the blind in a thousand ways or flee.

    'Not being there' to be attacked is better, of course.
     
    #268     Feb 23, 2012
  9. #269     Mar 16, 2012
  10. And you will gladly lend a trusted neighboor your gun if that happens.
     
    #270     Mar 17, 2012