Canadian Killed In Robbery At Gunpoint

[lingyai]

pretty much all countries in (western) Europe are very backwards.

Pssshaw!!! Actually quite "progressive" in a downhill fashion and if the USA continues on with its "politically-correct" trend, will follow them straight down the tube.

The solution is not more guns as the US government would want you to think.

Most evidently you know little of what the US govt. wants people to think. The constantly growing, ever intrusive US govt.,largely would like to repeal the 2nd Amendment creating a populace of over-taxed, brain-dead,unarmed sheep dependent on the US govt. from cradle to grave.....sounds somewhat like western europe, yes/no?

This is complete BS. The US Gov't doesn't want to take away guns from citizens.

This is a complete lie. The leadership of the NRA (note most of the membership are fine people) pushes this lie in order to maximize their fundraising abilities. In reality there is very little gun control. Almost every state one can purchase a rifle at 18 and a handgun by the age of 21. That simple. The NRA is against even the most common sense laws such as the Brady bill which requires a background check (apparently that is too much to ask) and closing the gun show loophole.

[manutoo]

It certainly worked well in Kennesaw,GA

Kennesaw has the nickname of "Gun Town, USA" due to a city ordinance passed in 1982 [sec 34-1a] that requires every head of household to maintain a firearm with ammunition. An 89% drop in the residential burglary rate soon followed enactment of the ordinance.

"Criminologist and gun-control critic Gary Kleck attributes a drop of 89% in the residential burglary rate to the law (Kleck, 1991), and Kennesaw is often cited by advocates of gun ownership as evidence that gun ownership deters crime (see, for instance, this 2004 sheet of talking points from the Gun Owners Foundation). Other criminologists dispute the 89% figure, using the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data, and find instead a small, statistically insignificant increase in burglaries after the law was passed (McDowall, Wiersema and Loftin, 1989; McDowall, Lizotte and Wiersema, 1991)."

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw%2C_Georgia

the 89% is defended by a gun-control critic. It doesn't mean it's false, but as some other criminologists dispute the figure, one should be a bit careful when waving this stat...

[sbk]

Hypocrisy at it's best...everybody with a brain could imagine which direction this thread will take after the drivel from junkie-expat... all these Super- Moderators failed big time keeping this sad news on topic!

Might I remind members to use the Report function if they find something offensive, rather than relying on mods, who cannot be everywhere all the time.

Since members can't behave.

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