In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Dave Bugg wrote:
>
> >> That takes a huge leap in logic. Given that the US has five times the
> >> per capita rate of firearms homicides, you have to ask how they could
> >> have saved 20 times as many lives. Gun use (against humans is not as
> >> prevalent here as in the US. By your logic, we should have had a lot
> >> more people murdered.
> >
> > You didn't read the entire post, Dave. I fail to see where the leap in
> > logic
> > exists. BTW, on a per capita basis, do you know which country has the
> > highest level of violent crime?
> >
>
> According to Omelet's post, guns save 20 times more lives than they take
> (in the US). According to the OP, the US has 5 times the rate of gun
> homicides as Canada, where gun play is frowned on. If Omelet's assertion
> is correct, Canada should have the higher gun homicide rate because
> people aren't using their guns for self defence.

Statistics can lie if you do not read them properly.
Canada actually has the higher gun "crime" rate as there is no way for
law abiding citizens to defend against it.

How can one defend themselves against an armed intruder/attacker if you
have no access to an equal weapon, or could be arrested if you kept one
on hand regardless?

When guns are outlawed, only outlaws have guns.
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