Reader: America's Crime Problem Boils Down to Too Many Guns

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, homicide

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 7:00 am

Is America's gun fetish killing us -- literally?

Reader John Stout responds to Oselio Otero Kills 17-Year-Old Son Over Video Game at Birthday Party. As he sees it, the problem boils down to this: There's way too many guns in America.

"Gun related deaths per 100,000 people:
U.S.A. 14.24
Brazil 12.95
Mexico 12.69
Estonia 12.26
Argentina 8.93

"Seriously you are above Brazil and Mexico. Seems to me that there can be no argument to say that gun legalisation is a good thing or anyone's 'right.' What about the thousands who are killed each year by accident, never mind the 100s of thousands of injuries caused by guns each year. You need to grow up."

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The 13th Juror, Yes that is Palin, I think she looks like a complete fool. The gun, the bathsuit, does that make guns an american pass time? 70% of of murders are commited by guns. I don't like guns. Most of my family is Law-enforcement, guns have always been in my homes growning up. I married a Captain for the Sheriff's Dept. where I live. The problem is the gang-bangers, felons and the assholes that just want to go out and hurt people. How do you stop these people from getting their hands on guns, you don't. I don't think there is any answer for gun control. Palin is a JOKE, why on GODS green earth would her picture be on this site for guns? I know because she can see RUSSIA FROM HER BEDROOM WINDOW
Is that Sarah Palin in the photo?
Too many guns in this country? That has to be the most rediculous statement I ever heard,Ever hear it said,,"out law guns and only outlaws will have'em"? That's right. Legislature wants to "do away" with all guns,,That'll never happen,The only place the "removed" guns will go is to criminals..outlaws..people who do the crimes with guns that made the legislature want to get rid of the guns in the first place. But then ya get into the "protect the deer" thing,,Where people who hate hunters and "Bambi killers". If they take away hunting,the deer population would explode,they'd die off with deseases and starvation,and cars would be hittin millions of them every year,,(well,,untill they became extinct) insted of the number that hit deer now,I don't know the number,,but I'm sure some "deer sympathizer" will know. People need to understand about hunting,and guns. They're both here for a reason,and some people take each to extreme. "IE" Poaching. killing people. shooting highway signs,,etc. etc. That doesn't mean they should "do away" with guns,,wake up america,,as Earl Pits would so eligantly say.
I'd like to accidentally shoot John Stout in the face. For every stupid idiot drunkenly accidentally shooting one there are 10 responsible gun owners. It's not the guns you unbelievable fool, it's the stupidity. And congrats on naming tiny countries with way bigger problems with violence amongst the population. Let me guess, you still think humans are causing global warming too, despite literally millions of years of repeated documented evidence that it's a natural phenomenon. Is Al Gore posting under a pseudonym?
None of the countries listed have stricter gun legislation than the U.S. I fail to see how you could draw your conclusions from this data. You could much more easily conclude that less gun legislation leads to more citizens with guns and less gun related deaths per capita. Much more likely, the deaths are indicative of a social problem and the guns are just the tools used to manifest it. This comment is not anti gun legislation, it is anti logical fallacies. @Krystal: Most restrictive laws are an example of 'bad guys ruining it for the good people'. That is not a valid reason not to legislate.
USA #1 USA #1 USA #1
You're entitled to your opinion, but there are many more good, law abiding citizens who own guns than criminals. And why should the bad guys ruin it for the good people? Also, firearms are used defensively 2.5 million times every year, which is more than four times as many as criminal uses. Should all alcohol be banned in the US because there are constantly drunk drivers?

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