i don't find car deaths any more acceptable than gun deaths. the entire licensing and liability system is a mess and should be revamped. this entire society has lost the ability to act responsibly.
You missed the point of the documentary GG. His argument was that our society is screwed up by the gun culture, not that there are "too many" school attacks involving kids and guns. But I can understand why you think that Moore is annoying. Know it all's usually are and he can be pretty preachy when he gets going.
All you have to do is make it more difficult to get guns. And just to keep on message, when all you have to do is open an account at a bank and you get a free gun, that's pretty sad. We need to close loopholes and make sure that guns can't get into the hands of wackos (that haven't been background checked). And I don't care what anybody says about "assault weapons"... they have no place outside of the military (and swat). Handguns and Rifles, OK, automatic weapons and missile launchers, Not. All we need is a little bit of common sense and a little less lobbying from the NRA.
honestly, i have not seen it entirely, but i am familiar with michael moore and i've seen parts of it. i will be the first to admit i should not be commenting on something i have not really seen.
there is a higher rate of gun violence in New York City and D.C., where guns are prohibited, than in Vermont, where concealed-carry permits aren't needed, or in the vicinity of the bank where they were giving out free guns in the documentary. but whatever side of the argument you're on, it was a well-made documentary, and worth watching...
Right, things are SO much better in England and Austalia, where guns are banned. Those two countries now enjoy the highest violent crime rate in the industrialized world, six times higher than the U.S. So keep ignoring the evidence and lying to yourself, fine with me.
Oh, I forgot to mention that over 60% of robberies take place in England while people are home, compared to 10% in the U.S. Enjoy, mate.
that was an interesting study and provided some good insight, but those are very misleading statistic. they do not relate to how many violent crimes are committed per capita, they relate to something quite different.