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Gun violence facts.
The reality is, both the left and the right side of the argument get a lot wrong. First of all gun violence has been around for a very long time. Long before legislators thought about passing laws. Secondly, our constitutional rights have been violated many times over the last several hundred years in regards to the Second Amendment. In fact many local governments, have argued to the point of the majority to state they can control the access of firearms in their communities.
So I digress, gun violence is a very real thing. It is also not unique to our country. Anti-gun person's claim that United States is violence oriented, and uses a firearm to complete this task. In reality other countries that had their guns banned or limited heavily, had a much lower population, and a much lower access of firearms. As an example, Australia is the anti-gun nut jobs dream state. The problem is, prior to their anti-gun legislation, Australia had more violence per capita, and United States. Furthermore approximately 1 in 50 people there owned a firearm. In fact when firearms are being turned in the amount was less than 1/20 of the amount of firearms in the United States right now. But it looks good on paper, to show a place that has no firearms, and a low population was affected by gun legislation. Again the reality is Australia still has shootings in a place where guns are basically banned.
What cannot be ignored, by the anti-gun establishment, is there is a built-in gun culture in this society. Whether you choose to look at muskets or semiautomatic rifles. The reality is a whole economic, and social network that creates this culture. You may be happy to know, by gun ownership, most citizens are still pro-gun. In fact in a study done by the Giffords, information was suppressed that showed, most all citizens agreed the need for a firearm exists. You hear the argument that most people in the United States think there should be some form of gun control. The reality is most people support background checks, however the anti-gun people, twist this into saying they support gun control. Actually more people support the right to have and bear arms than they do gun control.
I know we are in trouble times right now, and we all worry awful lot about the future. But we are not alone the majority of the population here in the United States, is part of the gun culture that exists and has existed for over 200 years. The influence may be affected slightly year-to-year, but overall the strength still exists in owners of firearms. However we must step forward, and use this influence we still have, to guide ourselves into the next millennia, so our children can have the same rights we enjoy today.
The reality is, both the left and the right side of the argument get a lot wrong. First of all gun violence has been around for a very long time. Long before legislators thought about passing laws. Secondly, our constitutional rights have been violated many times over the last several hundred years in regards to the Second Amendment. In fact many local governments, have argued to the point of the majority to state they can control the access of firearms in their communities.
So I digress, gun violence is a very real thing. It is also not unique to our country. Anti-gun person's claim that United States is violence oriented, and uses a firearm to complete this task. In reality other countries that had their guns banned or limited heavily, had a much lower population, and a much lower access of firearms. As an example, Australia is the anti-gun nut jobs dream state. The problem is, prior to their anti-gun legislation, Australia had more violence per capita, and United States. Furthermore approximately 1 in 50 people there owned a firearm. In fact when firearms are being turned in the amount was less than 1/20 of the amount of firearms in the United States right now. But it looks good on paper, to show a place that has no firearms, and a low population was affected by gun legislation. Again the reality is Australia still has shootings in a place where guns are basically banned.
What cannot be ignored, by the anti-gun establishment, is there is a built-in gun culture in this society. Whether you choose to look at muskets or semiautomatic rifles. The reality is a whole economic, and social network that creates this culture. You may be happy to know, by gun ownership, most citizens are still pro-gun. In fact in a study done by the Giffords, information was suppressed that showed, most all citizens agreed the need for a firearm exists. You hear the argument that most people in the United States think there should be some form of gun control. The reality is most people support background checks, however the anti-gun people, twist this into saying they support gun control. Actually more people support the right to have and bear arms than they do gun control.
I know we are in trouble times right now, and we all worry awful lot about the future. But we are not alone the majority of the population here in the United States, is part of the gun culture that exists and has existed for over 200 years. The influence may be affected slightly year-to-year, but overall the strength still exists in owners of firearms. However we must step forward, and use this influence we still have, to guide ourselves into the next millennia, so our children can have the same rights we enjoy today.
"Gun Violence" includes suicide, justifiable
