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Topic	florida gov rick scott said they'd consider anything to stop gun violence in FL
darkknight109 02/21/18 5:58:06 PM #31:	Selenara posted... darkknight109 posted... Sure, because it's not like other countries with strict firearms regulation - Japan, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, to name just a few - which DON'T share an open border with areas that allow civilians to easily obtain battlefield weaponry don't have sky-high gun violence and murder rates. Gun control laws didn't really affect gun-related incidents and deaths in these countries however, because they never had a significant problem with gun violence in the first place. The statistic most affected is usually suicide rates, because gun violence is more often suicidal rather than homicidal. Those who did not have access to guns were less likely to succeed in killing themselves. Debatable and not universally true. Take Australia, for instance: http://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/4905120/data/chart3a-deaths-resulting-from-firearms-data.jpg Or Canada (last major gun law tightening was in 1991): http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2014001/article/11925/c-g/c-g03-eng.gif Or, within the states, how about Conneticut? After the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting they tightened their gun laws and gun deaths dropped nearly 30%. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/nyregion/florida-shooting-parkland-gun-control-connecticut.html --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:896517378] in florida go... [t:76340277]...</cite> <quote><cite>Selenara posted...</cite> <quote><cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>Sure, because it's not like other countries with strict firearms regulation - Japan, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, to name just a few - which DON'T share an open border with areas that allow civilians to easily obtain battlefield weaponry don't have sky-high gun violence and murder rates.</quote> Gun control laws didn't really affect gun-related incidents and deaths in these countries however, because they never had a significant problem with gun violence in the first place. The statistic most affected is usually suicide rates, because gun violence is more often suicidal rather than homicidal. Those who did not have access to guns were less likely to succeed in killing themselves.</quote> Debatable and not universally true. Take Australia, for instance: http://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/4905120/data/chart3a-deaths-resulting-from-firearms-data.jpg Or Canada (last major gun law tightening was in 1991): http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2014001/article/11925/c-g/c-g03-eng.gif Or, within the states, how about Conneticut? After the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting they tightened their gun laws and gun deaths dropped nearly 30%. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/nyregion/florida-shooting-parkland-gun-control-connecticut.html --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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