I am not really sure what to do with that book. You can take statistics and mold them to suit a lot of narratives, specially in a place that doesn't want to let go their guns. The point of the matter is that those kinds of shootings don't happen in Europe, or as another poster linked, in Australia. Switzerland has a very high ownership of guns and this doesn't happen.
You don't want to let go your guns, fine, but make it very difficult for people to own them, mandatory controls by police to check that the guns are securely stored (that probably goes against some law in USA, but if you want a gun, you should allow for such controls), yearly psychological controls for gun owners. It shouldn't be allowed that an 18 year old with an ID could go to a Walmart and walk out with a gun (and I just came from the UK where you cannot buy knifes in Ikea without ID and they are locked under key, which I find it ridiculous, you cannot buy a nailclipper without ID, or so my stepson has told me).
Guns are deeply ingrained in your culture, and it's understandable that a lot of Americans don't want to even think about letting go their guns, but don't delude yourself, there are tons of statistics showing that owning a gun is more dangerous than not owning one; examples: 1, 2, 3,...
Thanks for keeping your reply, I shouldn't be thanking you for something that normal, but this is my first controversial exchange in Snapzu and it's refreshing that it's so "civil".
I am not really sure what to do with that book. You can take statistics and mold them to suit a lot of narratives, specially in a place that doesn't want to let go their guns. The point of the matter is that those kinds of shootings don't happen in Europe, or as another poster linked, in Australia. Switzerland has a very high ownership of guns and this doesn't happen.
You don't want to let go your guns, fine, but make it very difficult for people to own them, mandatory controls by police to check that the guns are securely stored (that probably goes against some law in USA, but if you want a gun, you should allow for such controls), yearly psychological controls for gun owners. It shouldn't be allowed that an 18 year old with an ID could go to a Walmart and walk out with a gun (and I just came from the UK where you cannot buy knifes in Ikea without ID and they are locked under key, which I find it ridiculous, you cannot buy a nailclipper without ID, or so my stepson has told me).
Guns are deeply ingrained in your culture, and it's understandable that a lot of Americans don't want to even think about letting go their guns, but don't delude yourself, there are tons of statistics showing that owning a gun is more dangerous than not owning one; examples: 1, 2, 3,...
Thanks for keeping your reply, I shouldn't be thanking you for something that normal, but this is my first controversial exchange in Snapzu and it's refreshing that it's so "civil".