Dave Smith wrote:
>
> On 23/01/2013 7:55 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>
> >>
> >> The overwhelming majority here seem to like it that way, including
> >> this gun owner. Go figger... our murder rte is lower, our firearms
> >> homicide rate is much lower. People here just don't feel a need to be
> >> armed for self defence, and there are fewer victims. If guns were useful
> >> for self defence, you should expect the exact opposite.
> >
> > Your murder rate in your big cities is fast approaching those of our
> > festering big cities. Our crime rates outside of those festering big
> > cities are little different than your crime rates.
>
> IF that were true, our respective murder rates would be similar. They
> aren't. The US murder rate is double that of Canada.

We have more big cities with gang problems as noted. Again this has
little effect on those who do not live in those geographically small
areas.

>
> > Anti-gun types like
> > to hype up total US homicide rates, but the reality is that nearly all
> > of those homicides are criminal gang members killing other criminal gang
> > members in very small geographic areas. The vast majority of the US and
> > of the US population is entirely unaffected by those gang issues.
>
> If it is just gang members killing each other there isn't much need to
> Joe Homeowner to be so concerned.

Joe Homeowner has plenty of reason to be concerned when a tiny minority
of paranoid anti-gun nuts is attacking their constitutionally guaranteed
right. The second amendment says "people", not "political elite", says
"right", not "privilege" and says "infringed", not "prohibited".