CNN's coverage of the massacre at Virginia Tech is almost as stomach-turning as the event itself.
When is America going to get it and finally get serious about gun control and keeping guns from being so readily available, be it a 9-mm, assault rifle, whatever? Probably around the same time Canada bans fighting in hockey. Every country has to have something to be backasswards about.
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The shooter didn't have any assault rifles so get your facts straight. I live less than 60 miles from Blacksburg and every report coming from the local media states the Virginia state police indicate the shooter had a 9mm handgun as well as a .22 or .25 calibur handgun and as many as 100 rounds of ammo for each. Besides, assault rifles have been banned for sale to civilians in Virginia for almost 8 years now. Your assumption that all Virginians, as well as all Americans, have an armory in their closets is as correct as assuming all Canadians swill LaBatts and talk like Bob and Dough McKensie. The two weapons can be bought after a three or five day waiting period from any local Wal-mart or sporting goods store that sells firearms.
Don't be so literal, it's more of a general point about gun control — both the legislative kind and in creating a society where people no longer feel problems can be solved by guns. This was isolated (hopefully).
Hopefully, you don't seriously think people in Canada, or this Canadian, really assume "all Americans have an armoury in their closets." That's asinine. In fact, the rate of gun ownership in Canada is comparable to the States, and we've had school shootings too, albeit nothing on the scale of today's tragedy in Blacksburg. My point was gun violence is endemic to the United States compared to other Western nationas and too many people have a blind spot to whatever causes it.
Hopefully, when everything's calmed down, you can help me understand why.
"My point was gun violence is endemic to the United States compared to other Western nationas..."
Reference please.
Sure, here's some articles I found in 2 minutes of Googling:
"In a typical year, France has 255 firearm homicides. Canada has 165. The UK has 68. Japan, a nation of 127 million people, has only 39 gun murders a year. In the United States, that number reaches a staggering 11,127."
"Since 1960, more than a million Americans have died in firearm-related homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings. In 1996 alone, 34,040 Americans died by gunfire: 18,166 in firearm suicides, 14,327 in firearm homicides, 1,134 in unintentional shootings, and 413 in firearm deaths of unknown intent."
It is highly doubtful the numbers could have changed that much in a few years. You do realize that in other countries -- first of all, you do realize there are other industrialized countries -- people are much less quicker to reach for a gun.
What happened yesterday was still isolated somewhat.
I'm done with this topic. I said my piece and feel no need to respond to people to craven to leave a name.
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