Mexico Has 1 Gun Store. Its Murder Rate Is 5x Higher than the US

[Aispuro]

Good article.

Mexico Has 1 Gun Store. Its Murder Rate Is 5x Higher than the US

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[JuglansRegia]

So basically having more guns and gun stores lowers the murder rate. On a side note, privately owned guns in Japan are almost non existent yet their suicide rate is what 2-3 times that of ours. So we can thus conclude that having plenty of guns lowers both the murder rate and suicide rate.

 

[billdeserthills]

I understand Mexico's Constitution provides the right for every citizen to own their own gun--too bad the dictator forbids it

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Speaking only for myself here...
Comparing other countries murder / crime / suicide rates with ours here in the US may be interesting , but not really of use.

We within our country are so vastly different in our views and culture that a comparison to even ourselves is difficult to make , much less with a foreign country.

The views of gun ownership may well be strikingly different in inner city Chicago , than in rural Pennsylvania...Closer to home for me at least , the views of gun ownership in Seattle or Bellingham is different than where I live in Everson.
Also to compound the question of gun ownership...what laws or rules , that may be needed or work in one part of the country , may not work , be needed or even be understood in another.

Let it be known that to me at least the 2nd Amendment is pretty clear and straight forward....I am not suggesting more laws , rules etc...Just pointing out that our baseline here ( the 2A ) is hotly contested at various times and places

Don't get me wrong , I like studies and scientific approach to a problem or issue , but there needs to be a common baseline to start from.
We as country are losing our "common baseline" , hence the many differences in just how we think on a issue.

We need to get back to understanding ourselves , where we came from and where we are headed , before comparing ourselves to others.
Andy

 

[clearconscience]

If guns truly cause murder and death like Dems and liberals scream about then with 100 millions gun owners the entire country would be dead with in months.