tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post7846196324313991846..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: There Is Research And Then There Is Junk ResearchJohn Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-14227069344173823862012-05-23T14:40:59.317-04:002012-05-23T14:40:59.317-04:00Isn't all the federal regulation on cars desig...Isn't all the federal regulation on cars designed to make them safer for the end user rather than control who gets access to types of cars?<br /><br />That's a hell of an apples and oranges comparison the antigunners are making here.AntiCitizenOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03708725357016977670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-82923960591391411182012-05-23T13:18:39.491-04:002012-05-23T13:18:39.491-04:00Strangely, drunk driving fatalities in California ...Strangely, drunk driving fatalities in California correspond to restrictive gun laws. I don't understand why VPC failed to report this.jdbergernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-65015734755696041272012-05-23T08:39:25.132-04:002012-05-23T08:39:25.132-04:00Facts:
The US suicide rate was 11.8 per 100000 fo...Facts:<br /><br />The US suicide rate was 11.8 per 100000 for 2008.<br />The fraction of US suicides by firearm was approximately 57%.<br />The French rate of suicide was 16.8 per 100000 for 2008 - ownership of firearms is highly controlled by the government in France.<br />The Japanese rate of suicide was 23.8 per 100000 for 2011 - Japan allows [effectively] no private ownership of firearms.<br /><br />Here is some related data for prior years...<br />http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvintl.html<br /><br />There are many ways to take your own life and it is disingenuous to suggest that Americans wouldn't figure out how to substitute another method if they really wanted to commit suicide. Then of course, we are talking about the VPC; truth is not a major concern for them. It's all about civilian disarmament. That's what they do. Sometimes slower, sometimes faster, but always with the same end. They want a government monopoly on firearms possession. We mere civilians cannot be trusted with them apparently, or we'll kill ourselves with them.RKVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287245520458090702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-16613197952783973022012-05-23T07:25:40.570-04:002012-05-23T07:25:40.570-04:00The United States has already reduced fatal gun ac...The United States has already reduced fatal gun accidents by an incredible 95 percent, on a per capita basis, since 1932.<br /><br />We have done an astonishingly good job.Dean Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026716292548440054noreply@blogger.com